The Dunphy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,666 people carried this name — #8,928 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,605 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dunphy surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Dunphy’.

His entry covers Dunphy, Dumphy and Dunphie.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 258 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 34 births for the Dunphy name in 1890.

Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Leinster 24
Munster 10

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Dunphy in American newspapers,
1894–1909.

Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Dunphy
Omaha Daily Bee 1894-11-09
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Dunphy
Daily Capital Journal 1909-07-23
Newspaper page from Abendblatt Der Illinois Staats-zeitung carrying the name Dunphy
Abendblatt Der Illinois Staats-zeitung 1894-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,875 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dunphy in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

16,108 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunphy. The most, 4,453, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 5,344
New South Wales 3,641
Victoria 3,086
Queensland 1,940
ACT (Canberra) 977
Tasmania 825
South Australia 267
Northern Territory 15

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunphy.

Who carried it

People named Dunphy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard D. Dunphy
    Richard D. Dunphy 1841–1904
  • Edward J. Dunphy
    Edward J. Dunphy 1856–1926 · lawyer
  • Anna de Brémont
    Anna de Brémont 1864–1922 · writer
  • Anna de Brémont
    Anna de Brémont 1864–1922 · writer
  • Wattie Dunphy 1895–1972 · hurler
  • Eddie Dunphy 1897–2006 · hurler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dunphy,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,175 records

1,175 records of the Dunphy name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 419
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 248
  • Other U.S. records 508
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James J. Dunphy

    Born 1920 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank; office clerk from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Dunphy

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 21; servant. From Kilkenny, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward D. Dunphy

    Born 1930; from Aroostook County, Maine. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,175 records for Dunphy in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada359 records

359 records of the Dunphy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 314
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 21
  • Other Canadian records 24
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Catherine Dunphy

    Buried in 1982 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 30.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Blanch Dunphy

    Died 1967 in East Chezzecook, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Boyne Hogan Dunphy

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 359 records for Dunphy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia171 records

171 records of the Dunphy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 66
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 53
  • Other Australian records 52
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Peirie Dunphy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Mangles, arriving 1826; ticket of leave 1830. Native of Kilkenny.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Dunphy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Cuzco, aged 20; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis A. Dunphy

    Hotel employee of Richmond, Victoria; died 1940.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 171 records for Dunphy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand9 records

9 records of the Dunphy name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Dunphy

    Died 1911, aged 83; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Dunphy

    Died 1924, aged 73; buried at Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Owen Dunphy

    Died 1937, aged 72; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Dunphy in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Dunphy name in the United Kingdom
  • Welsh wills index cards 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Stirling Council burial records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Dunphy

    Died 1983, aged 67; buried at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Catherine Dunphy

    Will proved in 1929; of Llandudno, Carnarvon.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. Dunphy

    Lance Corporal, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Dunphy in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Dunphy name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register William Christopher Joseph Dunphy

    In the population register of Mullagh Ierl; born 1888 in Mullagh Ierl.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Dunphy in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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