Mrua Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mrua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mrua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4661:113,60910,920
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Mrua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mrua has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mrua? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mrua is the 645,988th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mrua reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 113,609. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 54 percent are found, Singida Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mruha89118/
Mruah893/
Mruad891/
Mruae891/
Mrouha803/
Mrva751,526/
Mrwa7529/
Mruo753/
Mrvaň6718/
Mrbai676/
Mrwaa674/
M'Rba671/
Mårvad605/
Mhruos601/
Mhrbai601/
Mrhwah601/
Mrbouh601/
Mrvatz601/
Mrveacz554/
Meherba552/
Mrvaňová5012/
Mrvo507/

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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 Mrua
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