Murashiki Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murashiki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murashiki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5541:27,8674,292
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murashiki (25) may also be a first name.

Murashiki Last Name Facts

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

Murashiki is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Murashiki click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murashiki? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murashiki is the 559,180th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,830,186 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murashiki reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

The last name Murashiki is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 27,867. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 42 percent live, Midlands Province, where 27 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murasiki9495/
Murasicki8949/
Murasheki892/
Murashika891/
Murasika821/
Murasuki821/
Morasicki784/
Murascika781/
Murasheka781/
Murasicka781/
Murasecchi744/
Murasuke7180/
Murazeki712/
Moraseke591/
Morossika566/

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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 Murashiki
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