Murbe Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Murbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Mürbe (75) are calculated separately.

Murbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murbe (Marathi: मुरबे) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Mürbe. For other potential spellings of Murbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murbe is the 3,882,373rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Murbe live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya Murbe is primarily found in: Mombasa County, where 82 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 9 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Murbe occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mürbe9375/
Mourbe91335/
Murber9146/
Murbei911/
Murbee911/
Meurbe911/
Mourbey8331/
Mohurbe832/
Murbieh831/
Muirbeh831/
Morbe802,813/
Murby80485/
Murba80207/
Murwe8043/
Murbi8041/
Murue8029/
Murve806/
Mirbe806/
Muurbech774/
Mourba731,248/
Morbey731,060/
Moerbe73601/
Morbee73100/
Murvee7389/
Mourue7373/
Murbiy7337/
Mirbeh7336/
Mirbey7334/
Murbii7334/
Muruet7327/
Mourby7324/
Mourbé7312/
Meurba7311/
Murwej738/
Murbay737/
Morbie734/
Murbit734/
Murbhy733/
Murvie732/
Muirwe732/
Mourwe732/
Murvet732/
Murhue731/
Muruee731/
Mirbee731/
Moorbe731/
Muurba731/
Murbha731/
Muyrby731/
Murwed731/
Mmurwe731/
Murvey730/
Mourve730/
Mürbeth6738/
Moorbey6733/
Murveit6731/
Murbaya6730/
Mourbha671/
Mourbai671/
Murweet671/
Maurues671/
Mourbih671/

Murbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murbe in the Marathi language
मुरबेmurabe83.33
मोरबेmorabe16.67

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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
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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 Murbe
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