Murfy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Murfy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Murfy family

Profession Census Frequency
Porter 1
Brick M 1
Musician 1
Nailer J 1
Pedlar 1
Tailor 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Murfy

Name Census Frequency
John Murfy 14
James Murfy 12
Mary Murfy 9
William Murfy 6
Bridget Murfy 5
Michael Murfy 5
Sarah Murfy 5
Ann Murfy 4
Catherine Murfy 4
Elizabeth Murfy 4
Hannah Murfy 4
Thomas Murfy 4
Eliza Murfy 3
Caroline Murfy 2
Harriet Murfy 2
Henry Murfy 2
Joseph Murfy 2
Margaret Murfy 2
Micheal Murfy 2
Robert Murfy 2
Adelaide Murfy 1
Alfred Murfy 1
Alice Murfy 1
Anna Murfy 1
Annie Murfy 1

Murfy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Morfey 67% 414
2 Murfy 100% 136
3 Murfey 83% 129

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The surname Murfy is the 2nd most popular variant of Morfey.

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