Murairwa Surname

505,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murairwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murairwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6341:24,3513,688
England131:4,286,005132,302
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Murairwa (11) may also be a first name.

Murairwa Last Name Facts

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

Murairwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murairwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 505,580th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 11,228,884 people. Murairwa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Murairwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Murairwa is also the 3,487,849th most common first name internationally It is held by 11 people.

Murairwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 634 people, or 1 in 24,351. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 13 percent are found and Harare Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murayirwa9416/
Murirwa9325/
Murarwa931/
Muraurwa8810/
Mirairwa881/
Murirwoha821/
Murerwa8012,431/
Mirarwa8012/
Murirua806/
Murarwi801/
Murarwe801/
Muererwa75131/
Mureerwa751/
Murherwa751/
Mureherwa711/
Morerwa671,341/
Murerwi6724/
Murerwe679/
Morarwi671/
Murarbi671/
Mureerwi6332/
Morerwoa632/
Mourujarvi563/
Morarui532/
Mirirua531/

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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 Murairwa
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