Murangwa Surname

68,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Murangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda6,8221:1,666397
Zimbabwe2891:53,4208,102
Uganda411:952,17842,125
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Belgium121:958,05473,966
England81:6,964,757184,742
France21:33,211,361423,184
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Murangwa (32) may also be a first name.

Murangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murangwa is most common in Rwanda. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murangwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 68,749th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,009,076 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murangwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 32 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Rwanda, where it is borne by 6,822 people, or 1 in 1,666. Besides Rwanda it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Murangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Murangwa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.35% more than the national average, earning $48,911 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murongwa8812/
Morangwa885/
Mourangwe822/
Mureingwa821/
Morongwa75187/
Murongwe7514/
Murongwi751/
Miranggua711/
Morongwe63204/
Morangue630/
Moronkwe504/

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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 Murangwa
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