Murfa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Murfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Murfa (62) may also be a first name.

Murfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murfa (Hindi: मुरफा, Russian: Мурфа) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Murfa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murfa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Murfa reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Murfa is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name on earth, held by 62 people.

The last name Murfa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Murfa is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 96 percent reside and Ogun, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murfat91362/
Murfay919/
Murfau910/
Murfah910/
Murpfay830/
Muhrfay830/
Morfa801,858/
Murfi80336/
Mirfa8025/
Murfy8018/
Murfe8016/
Murfo801/
Mourfaha772/
Murfet73794/
Murfee73199/
Morfea73174/
Murfey73105/
Murfit73103/
Morffa7346/
Murfhi7333/
Mirfah7326/
Murfhy7312/
Murffy7310/
Morféa738/
Murpha735/
Murfie733/
Murrfy733/
Murfid731/
Mourfi731/
Meurfi731/
Murfer731/
Murffe731/
Murfio731/
Mourfy731/
Murffo731/
Muirfy730/
Murpfy730/
Murfitt672,346/
Mourfou67849/
Murfett67679/
Murphay6726/
Moorfah6724/
Murphah6723/
Murfoot675/
Murffey673/
Murfhey672/
Murffit671/
Murphat671/
Murfeed671/
Murphas671/
Musrfer671/
Murrfey671/
Meurfee670/
Murpfey670/
Murfhit670/
Murfphy670/
Murrpha670/
Murfith670/
Murffie670/
Murphfy670/

Murfa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murfa in the Hindi language
मुरफाmurapha-
Murfa in the Russian language
Мурфаmurfa-

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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
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  • 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 Murfa
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