Murata Surname
Approximately 220,312 people bear this surname
Murata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 215,316 | 1:594 | 86 |
| United States | 1,940 | 1:186,835 | 18,574 |
| Brazil | 1,474 | 1:145,234 | 5,552 |
| Philippines | 346 | 1:292,596 | 41,886 |
| Thailand | 187 | 1:377,745 | 66,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Canada | 138 | 1:266,997 | 25,150 |
| Peru | 98 | 1:324,328 | 11,673 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Singapore | 77 | 1:71,529 | 2,869 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Murata (1,345) may also be a first name.
Murata Demographics
Average Male Murata Height
171.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Murata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murata (Arabic: مورتا, Hindi: मुरता, Marathi: मुरता, Russian: Мурата) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Murata? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,512th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 33,078 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Murata reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 214,074th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,345 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 215,316 people, or 1 in 594. In Japan Murata is most common in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Murata Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Murata surname are 21.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75.17% registered with the party.
The amount Murata earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,008 per year; in United States they earn 13.23% more than the national average, earning $48,856 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.67% less than the national average, earning $44,380 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murata in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरता | murata | 90 |
| मुराता | murata | 10 |
| Murata in the Hindi language | ||
| मुरता | murata | 41.29 |
| मूरता | murata | 35.98 |
| मुराता | murata | 21.59 |
| मूरत | murata | 0.38 |
| मुर्ति | murti | 0.38 |
| मुराती | murati | 0.38 |
| Murata in the Russian language | ||
| Мурата | murata | - |
| Murata in the Arabic language | ||
| مورتا | mwrta | - |
| موراتا | mwrata | - |
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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 Murata
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