Marushwa Surname

545,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 587 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Marushwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Marushwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5811:91,1229,142
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Marushwa (45) may also be a first name.

Marushwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marushwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Marushwa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marushwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 545,543rd most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Marushwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Marushwa is also the 1,504,468th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 45 people.

Marushwa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 581 people, or 1 in 91,122. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 82 percent live, Kagera Region, where 16 percent live and Pwani Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maruschwe821/
Marusva802/
Maruzwa801/
Mariswa801/
Maroswa801/
Marusua801/
Marutsva7542/
Mhariswa752/
Moroswa6753/
Marosva672/
Marusue672/
Marosvo5325/
Maurisuo501/
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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 Marushwa
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