Distribution of the name 'Murphy'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Murphy' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Murphy'
In the UK there are 15.617 phone book entries with the surname Murphy and approximately 68.011 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Murphy is the 84. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 70 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 1.477.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (1.420), Merseyside (974), Greater Manchester (938), Lancashire (892), West Yorkshire (824), Strathclyde (621), West Midlands (581), Kent (407), as well as County Antrim (394).
The following surnames sound like Murphy: Moorby, Morphew, Morby, Morbey, Murby, Moreby, Morphy, Murphey, Murphie, Morphey, Morfee, Morfey, Murp, Maroof, Marouf, Mahroof, Meyerhoff, Marfo, Marubbi, Murrav, Mourby, Marvey, Morffew, Morfa, Maruf, Merv, Moorbey, Marffy, Mehrabi, Morffey.
The distribution of the name 'Murphy' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Murphy in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Murphy is is the 59. most common name - 1.477 persons |
| Central - The surname Murphy is is the 60. most common name - 1.420 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Murphy is is the 16. most common name - 974 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Murphy is is the 37. most common name - 938 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Murphy is is the 78. most common name - 892 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Murphy is is the 124. most common name - 824 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Murphy is is the 61. most common name - 621 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Murphy is is the 107. most common name - 581 persons |
| Kent - The surname Murphy is is the 119. most common name - 407 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Murphy is is the 19. most common name - 394 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Murphy is the 118. most common name - 377 persons |
| County Down - The surname Murphy is the 6. most common name - 356 persons |
| Essex - The surname Murphy is the 126. most common name - 309 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Murphy is the 105. most common name - 266 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Murphy is the 128. most common name - 262 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Murphy is the 172. most common name - 257 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Murphy is the 130. most common name - 237 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Murphy is the 97. most common name - 237 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Murphy is the 161. most common name - 221 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Murphy is the 140. most common name - 220 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Murphy is the 104. most common name - 208 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Murphy is the 69. most common name - 191 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Murphy is the 184. most common name - 183 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Murphy is the 61. most common name - 169 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Murphy is the 73. most common name - 167 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Murphy is the 127. most common name - 166 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Murphy is the 285. most common name - 165 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Murphy is the 203. most common name - 152 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Murphy is the 141. most common name - 146 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Murphy is the 84. most common name - 145 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Murphy is is the 100. most common name - 144 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Murphy is is the 235. most common name - 143 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Murphy is is the 213. most common name - 140 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Murphy is is the 221. most common name - 130 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Murphy is is the 174. most common name - 129 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Murphy is is the 116. most common name - 121 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Murphy is is the 93. most common name - 114 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Murphy is is the 200. most common name - 113 persons |
| Fife - The surname Murphy is is the 262. most common name - 112 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Murphy is is the 265. most common name - 103 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Murphy is is the 310. most common name - 101 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Murphy is is the 208. most common name - 100 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Murphy is is the 116. most common name - 96 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Murphy is is the 231. most common name - 88 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Murphy is is the 11. most common name - 84 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Murphy is is the 72. most common name - 83 persons |
| Devon - The surname Murphy is is the 357. most common name - 81 persons |
| Durham - The surname Murphy is is the 190. most common name - 80 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Murphy is is the 68. most common name - 75 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Murphy is is the 316. most common name - 71 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Murphy is is the 27. most common name - 71 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Murphy is is the 186. most common name - 69 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Murphy is is the 332. most common name - 54 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Murphy is is the 278. most common name - 54 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Murphy is is the 82. most common name - 44 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Murphy is is the 178. most common name - 41 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Murphy is is the 477. most common name - 40 persons |
| Highland - The surname Murphy is is the 294. most common name - 24 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Murphy is is the 189. most common name - 23 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Murphy is is the 114. most common name - 23 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Murphy is is the 307. most common name - 21 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Murphy is is the 168. most common name - 21 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Murphy is is the 71. most common name - 20 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Murphy is is the 527. most common name - 14 persons |
| Avon - The surname Murphy is is the 216. most common name - 10 persons |
| Powys - The surname Murphy is is the 662. most common name - 6 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Murphy is is the 123. most common name - 5 persons |
| Borders - The surname Murphy is is the 921. most common name - 3 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Murphy is is the 436. most common name - 3 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Murphy is is the 1614. most common name - 1 person |
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