Mburugu Surname

157,241st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mburugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mburugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,4831:18,5982,195
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Mburugu (388) may also be a first name.

Mburugu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mburugu is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mburugu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 157,241st most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,619,535 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mburugu live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mburugu is also the 439,750th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 388 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 2,483 people, or 1 in 18,598. In Kenya Mburugu is most prevalent in: Meru County, where 63 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside and Tharaka Nithi County, where 6 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Mburugu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mburugu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.05% less than the national average, earning $32,771 USD per year.

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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 Mburugu
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