Murapa Surname

277,773rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2901:11,9681,581
England321:1,741,18971,393
Zambia211:754,75827,278
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Namibia31:803,13415,170
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Murapa (15) may also be a first name.

Murapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murapa (Marathi: मुरापा) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Murapa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murapa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 277,773rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,227,795 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Murapa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 15 people.

The surname Murapa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,290 people, or 1 in 11,968. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 42 percent live, Harare Province, where 32 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murapha92200/
Murapah9251/
Murappa922/
Musrapa921/
Maurapa921/
Murapat921/
Murapai921/
Murgappa8610/
Musrappa861/
Musrapha861/
Murape831,998/
Muropa831,771/
Mirapa83619/
Morapa83368/
Murepa83256/
Murapo83127/
Murapi8344/
Musrrapah801/
Muropah7740/
Morappa777/
Mierapa773/
Maurape771/
Maurapy771/
Murabpo771/
Murapoi771/
Mirapay771/
Miraepa771/
Mirappa771/
Mirapea771/
Morapha770/
Mutropah714/
Murahape713/
Morrappa713/
Moraphay711/
Miraphai711/
Mouraspe711/
Murreppa711/
Murraphy711/
Moropa674,666/
Morape67161/
Morapi67112/
Murope6721/
Miropa678/
Morapo675/
Mirapo675/
Mirepa674/
Murepo672/
Muropi671/

Murapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murapa in the Marathi language
मुरापाmurapa83.33
मुरपाmurapa16.67

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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
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  • 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 Murapa
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