Murhoff Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Murhoff Surname User-submission:

The Mürhoff surname comes from the words mür, meaning 'fortified', and hoff, meaning 'courtyard'.

Murhoff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Mürhoff (50) are calculated separately.

Murhoff Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Mürhoff surname comes from the words mür, meaning 'fortified', and hoff, meaning 'courtyard'.

- wesley1960
DNA test information

Murhoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murhoff occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Mürhoff. Click here for further potential spellings of Murhoff.

How Common Is The Last Name Murhoff? popularity and diffusion

Murhoff is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Murhoff occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Murhoff are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 100 percent live.

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
Mürhoff9550/
Maurhoff93110/
Muerhoff9344/
Muroff92279/
Murhof921/
Mauroff8632/
Morhoff8622/
Mirhoff8619/
Murhaff860/
Murof8333/
Moorhoff8072/
Morzhoff806/
Mierhoff805/
Morhhoff801/
Morchoff800/
Moroff77289/
Miroff77157/
Muraff7727/
Muroof777/
Maurof773/
Murhaf772/
Mourof772/
Murhov772/
Mirhof771/
Mauroof71526/
Mieroff7135/
Musroof7134/
Mouroof714/
Musraff713/
Murhova712/
Maurouf712/
Mutraff711/
Morzhof711/
Morroff710/
Mierhof710/
Morhaff710/
Murov67910/
Morof67341/
Muraf6765/
Murow6745/
Mirof6735/
Murob6719/
Mauraffe671/
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