How Many People Have the Last Name Murphy?
people had the surname Murphy in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 956 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+7,916 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Murphy (83.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 11.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Murphy ranks #42. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Murphy grew from 300,501 people in 2000 to 308,417 in 2010 (up 2.6%), and its rank fell from #58 to #64. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 111.39 to 104.56 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 300,501 | 308,417 |
| Rank | #58 | #64 |
| Per 100,000 people | 111.39 | 104.56 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Murphy
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Murphy: M610
👤 Murphy as a First Name
Murphy is a first name too: about 10,389 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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