Murpphy Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Murpphy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murpphy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1331:994,35572,948
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England51:11,143,612252,590
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Murpphy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murpphy is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murpphy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,471,719th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Murpphy occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Murpphy live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Murpphy is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 994,355. In Indonesia Murpphy is most common in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia Murpphy occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Murpphy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Murpphy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Murpphy surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Murpphy Last Name Statistics demography

Murpphy earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murphy92659,745/
Murppy921/
Murphey865,793/
Murrphy8661/
Murphys8648/
Murphay8626/
Murphhy8614/
Murhphy869/
Murphyi865/
Murphyy864/
Mmurphy864/
Murphyt863/
Murphyz862/
Murpohy862/
Maurphy862/
Muirphy862/
Hmurphy861/
Murphuy861/
Mourphy861/
Murphfy860/
Meurphy860/
Murpehy860/
Murphoy860/
Murphiy860/
Murpy83131/
Murrphey802/
Murpheys802/
Murhphey801/
D'Murphy801/
Morphy771,597/
Murphi77288/
Murhpy77110/
Mirphy778/
Murpay775/
Murrpy775/
Murpha775/
Murphe774/
Murpyh771/
Murpey771/
Murpeh771/
Murpys770/
Murpfy770/
Murphie71269/
Morphey71241/
Murphee71115/
Murpish719/
Murpher717/
Murphio714/
Murphet714/
Murphis713/
Murphit712/
Murphid711/
Morphoy711/
Murrpha710/
Morrphy710/
Murpfay710/
Murpfey710/
Murhpey710/
Murpi67374/
Murpa6777/
Murpe6711/
Morpy679/
Murphett671/
Mirpy670/
Murphess670/

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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 Murpphy
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