Murangiri Surname

56,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,055 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Murangiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murangiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9,0461:5,105716
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Murangiri (1,221) may also be a first name.

Murangiri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murangiri is most common in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Murangiri.

How Common Is The Last Name Murangiri? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 56,033rd most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 804,809 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murangiri live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Murangiri is also the 226,494th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 1,221 people.

The last name Murangiri is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 9,046 people, or 1 in 5,105. In Kenya Murangiri is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 76 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 10 percent are found and Embu County, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Murangiri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Murangiri last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muragiri942/
Murangira896,592/
Mutragiri8911/
Muranguri893/
Murangeri892/
Muranjiri891/
Muragire8235/
Muragira8214/
Murageri8213/
Muranira821/
Moragiri821/
Muraghirhe741/
Morageri71188/
Morogiri718/
Moragire714/
Murongera671/
Muronzeri671/
Murzagerei631/
Moragere591/
Muronzere5623/
Muroigere5611/
Muronzerei53130/

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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 Murangiri
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis