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 last name Murangiri occurs most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murangiri? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 56,033rd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 804,809 people. Murangiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murangiri are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Murangiri is also the 226,494th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,221 people.

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

Murangiri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally 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
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