Mirphy Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Mirphy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mirphy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Mirphy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mirphy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mirphy is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mirphy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Mirphy live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Mirphy is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Mirphy is primarily found in: Arkansas, where 33 percent live, Minnesota, where 33 percent live and Mississippi, where 33 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and Ireland, where 13 percent live.

Mirphy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mirphy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mirphy surname decreased 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muirphy922/
Mirpy910/
Murphy83659,745/
Myrphy8330/
Mirpey8330/
Merphy8330/
Mirpha830/
Murphey775,793/
Murpphy77144/
Murrphy7761/
Murphay7726/
Murphhy7714/
Mirpish779/
Murhphy779/
Murphyi775/
Mmurphy774/
Murphyy774/
Murpohy772/
Hmurphy771/
Murphuy771/
Merphey770/
Murphiy770/
Murfphy770/
Meurphy770/
Mirphee770/
Murpehy770/
Myrphey770/
Murphfy770/
Murphoy770/
Murpy73131/
Mirpa7325/
Merpy731/
Murrphey712/
D'Murphy711/
Murhphey711/
Meerphey711/
Murphi67288/
Murhpy67110/
Murfhy6712/
Murrpy675/
Murpay675/
Murphe674/
Merpha672/
Murpey671/
Merpay671/
Murppy671/
Murpyh671/
Murpeh671/
Mirper671/
Merphe671/
Muirfy670/
Merfhy670/
Murpfy670/
Mirfey670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mirphy
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