Moruye Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Moruye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 94 | 1:491,276 | 25,271 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Moruye (57) may also be a first name.
Moruye Demographics
Moruye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Moruye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moruye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moruye is found most in Kenya. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Moruye.
How Common Is The Last Name Moruye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moruye is the 1,871,545th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moruye are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Moruye is also the 1,308,380th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 57 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 491,276. In Kenya Moruye is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 82 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 10 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 4 percent reside. Beside Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Moruye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Moruye last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Moruye
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