Murebu Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Murebu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 188 | 1:245,638 | 16,864 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Murebu Demographics
Murebu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murebu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murebu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murebu is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murebu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Murebu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murebu are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 245,638. In Kenya Murebu is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 40 percent are found, Nyandarua County, where 23 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Murebu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Murebu
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