Murfey Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Murfey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murfey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1961:256,21821,129

Murfey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murfey is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Murfey.

How Common Is The Last Name Murfey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murfey is the 1,795,579th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Murfey live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is most frequent in: Michigan, where 17 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Ohio, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Murfey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Murfey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Murfey last name fell 52 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Murfey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Murfey are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

Murfey earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murffey923/
Murfhey922/
Murrfey921/
Murpfey920/
Murfy9118/
Murfe9116/
Murfet83794/
Morfey83291/
Murfee83199/
Murfhy8312/
Murffy8310/
Murfay839/
Murrfy833/
Murfie833/
Muerfy831/
Murfer831/
Murffe831/
Mourfy831/
Muirfy830/
Murpfy830/
Mirfey830/
Murphey775,793/
Murfett77679/
Murfeed771/
Musrfer771/
Murpfay770/
Murffie770/
Murphfy770/
Muhrfay770/
Murfphy770/
Meurfee770/
Morfe734,288/
Murfi73336/
Morfy73331/
Murfa7333/
Murrphey712/
Murpheys712/
Murhphey711/
Mourffee711/
Maurfett710/
Murphy67659,745/
Morffe671,123/
Murfat67362/
Morfea67174/
Morfee67143/
Murfit67103/
Morffy6749/
Morfei6735/
Murfhi6733/
Morfie6711/
Morfhy674/
Murphe674/
Murfio671/
Morrfe671/
Meurfi671/
Mourfi671/
Murfid671/
Murfau670/
Murfah670/

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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 Murfey
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