Murphew Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Murphew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murphew 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
India531:14,472,932242,024
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Murphew Last Name Facts

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

Murphew is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Murphew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murphew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Murphew is the 2,635,433rd most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Murphew live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 14,472,932. In India Murphew is mostly concentrated in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Murphew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Murphew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Murphew surname fell 75 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
Morphew862,665/
Marphew86146/
Merphew860/
Murphyw860/
Morrphew801/
Moorephew751/
Morphuw711/
Muraview6712/
Mouraview6310/
Mary Phaw631/
Marvew621/
Morfew621/
Marfew620/
Morffew57100/
Marfiew571/
Moreview531/
Muraviow531/
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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 Murphew
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