Pumphrey Name Origin and Family Crest

The Pumphrey last name has Welsh roots. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “the son of Humphrey (supporter of peace)”.

• It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.
• The 2010 US Census counted 3,749 people named Pumphrey, ranking it number 8,749 among American surnames. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Pumphrey name

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Pumphrey name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Get the complete Pumphrey report, with a museum-style coat of arms.