Muranda Surname

90,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muranda Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'slave', or 'servant'.

Muranda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3,6061:4,281383
Kenya9991:46,2264,771
Namibia3811:6,3241,227
Chile1091:161,6195,406
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Uganda381:1,027,34944,109
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
England301:1,857,26974,552
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
India81:95,883,173728,828
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Muranda (513) may also be a first name.

Muranda Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'slave', or 'servant'.

- ruvarashe

Muranda Last Name Facts

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

Muranda (Hindi: मुरादा, Marathi: मुरंडा) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muranda.

How Common Is The Last Name Muranda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 90,361st most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,373,713 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Muranda are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 373,244th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 513 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 3,606 people, or 1 in 4,281. In Zimbabwe Muranda is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 32 percent live, Harare Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 19 percent live and Namibia, where 7 percent live.

Muranda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Muranda earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 250.26% more than the national average, earning R 832,344 per year and in United States they earn 78.49% less than the national average, earning $9,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Muranda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muranda in the Hindi language
मुरादाmurada85.71
मुरांदाmuranda14.29
Muranda in the Marathi language
मुरंडाmuranda66.67
मुरान्डाmuranda33.33

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