Murakam Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Murakam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Murakam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murakam (11) may also be a first name.

Murakam Last Name Facts

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

Murakam (Hindi: मुरकम, Marathi: मुरकम) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murakam? popularity and diffusion

Murakam is the 7,593,402nd most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Murakam live; 50 percent live in East Asia and 33 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Murakam is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 11 people.

Murakam is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 63,922,146. In Japan Murakam is most numerous in: Chiba Prefecture, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Japan it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 17 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murakame9327/
Murakkam931/
Mirakam8630/
Morakam8614/
Murekam862/
Morakham8010/
Muracame806/
Mirakham802/
Murekham801/
Mauracam801/
Moracam71105/
Miracam719/
Miraqam712/
Mirakhom6715/
Morakhom674/
Morokom573/
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Murakam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murakam in the Hindi language
मुरकमmurakama-
Murakam in the Marathi language
मुरकमmurakama-

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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 Murakam
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