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
Marunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Marunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marunga (Oriya: ମାରୁା) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,070th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,036,477 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Marunga are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Marunga is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 75 people.
The last name Marunga is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,452 people, or 1 in 10,632. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent reside and Harare Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname exists 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 frequency of Marunga has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Marunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Marunga last name is primarily 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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