Muraya Surname
Approximately 10,297 people bear this surname
Muraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,808 | 1:4,708 | 674 |
| Russia | 163 | 1:884,191 | 70,663 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Japan | 30 | 1:4,261,476 | 37,285 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Peru | 18 | 1:1,765,785 | 23,952 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
Muraya (3,035) may also be a first name.
Muraya Demographics
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Muraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muraya (Hindi: मूरया, Marathi: मुरया, Russian: Мурая) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muraya? popularity and diffusion
Muraya is the 49,907th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 707,735 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Muraya live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 131,164th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 3,035 people.
The last name Muraya is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 9,808 people, or 1 in 4,708. In Kenya Muraya is mostly concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 16 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 12 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Muraya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Muraya last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Muraya surname are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70% registered with the political party.
The amount Muraya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 34.09% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,776 per year and in United States they earn 39.97% more than the national average, earning $60,394 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muraya in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरया | muraya | 73.91 |
| मुराया | muraya | 26.09 |
| Muraya in the Hindi language | ||
| मूरया | muraya | 52.38 |
| मौर्या | maurya | 19.05 |
| मुराया | muraya | 14.29 |
| मुरया | muraya | 14.29 |
| Muraya in the Russian language | ||
| Мурая | muraa | - |
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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 Muraya
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