Muratala Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Muratala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muratala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria951:1,864,66166,902
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Muratala (748) may also be a first name.

Muratala Last Name Facts

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

Muratala (Marathi: मुरताला) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Muratala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muratala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. Muratala occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Muratala live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muratala is also the 300,583rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 748 people.

The surname Muratala is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria Muratala is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 35 percent are found, Sokoto, where 17 percent are found and Zamfara, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Muratala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muratala in the Marathi language
मुरतालाmuratala-

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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 Muratala
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