Marunga Surname
Approximately 2,400 people bear this surname
Marunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,452 | 1:10,632 | 1,343 |
| Uganda | 563 | 1:69,342 | 7,734 |
| Kenya | 116 | 1:398,103 | 22,333 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Namibia | 46 | 1:52,378 | 6,268 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Marunga (75) may also be a first name.
Marunga Demographics
Average Marunga Salary in
South Africa
R 62,592
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Marunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Marunga (Oriya: ମାରୁା) is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marunga? popularity and diffusion
Marunga is the 178,070th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,036,477 people. The last name Marunga is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Marunga reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 75 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,452 people, or 1 in 10,632. In Zimbabwe Marunga is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent reside and Harare Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Marunga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Marunga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Marunga last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Marunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Marunga surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Marunga earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.66% less than the national average, earning R 62,592 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରୁା | marua | 90.91 |
| ମାରୁ | maru | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Marunga
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