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Where Does The Last Name Merphy Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Merphy has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Merphy? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 3,602,217^th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Merphy is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Merphy reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Merphy is also the 415,584^th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 427 people.

The surname Merphy is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Merphy is mostly found in: Texas, where 19 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The United States Merphy is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 23 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 13 percent reside.

Merphy Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Merphy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Merphy last name contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Merphy Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Merphy earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.