Murairi Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Murairi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 107 | 1:144,283 | 18,537 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Muraïri (2) are calculated separately.
Murairi (16) may also be a first name.
Murairi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murairi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murairi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as a variant: Muraïri. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murairi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,210,518th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Murairi are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Murairi is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 16 people.
The surname Murairi is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 144,283. In Zimbabwe Murairi is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 47 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 21 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Belgium, where 11 percent live.
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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 Murairi
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