Mulphy Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Mulphy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mulphy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia221:200,38813,260
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
England51:11,143,612252,590
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Mulphy (54) may also be a first name.

Mulphy Last Name Facts

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

Mulphy occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mulphy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Mulphy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Mulphy reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 54 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 200,388. In Liberia Mulphy is most common in: Grand Bassa County, where 45 percent are found, Gbarpolu County, where 32 percent are found and Lofa County, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Liberia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 32 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Mulphy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mulphy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mulphy surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mulpy9118/
Molphy83138/
Mulphi831/
Mulpha831/
Maulpey771/
Mulfahy770/
Mulpi7336/
Mulpe7335/
Mulpa7326/
Molpy731/
Mulfahey711/
Molpha6712/
Mulpoj673/
Maulpi673/
Molpoy671/
Molphe671/
Mulfay671/
Mulpet671/
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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 Mulphy
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