Murefu Surname
Approximately 3,915 people bear this surname
Murefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,146 | 1:7,194 | 812 |
| Kenya | 1,183 | 1:39,036 | 4,145 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Uganda | 242 | 1:161,319 | 13,962 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Murefu (560) may also be a first name.
Murefu Demographics
Average Murefu Salary in
England
£23,800
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Murefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murefu is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Murefu.
How Common Is The Last Name Murefu? popularity and diffusion
Murefu is the 117,580th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,861,442 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murefu are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 355,253rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 560 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,146 people, or 1 in 7,194. In Zimbabwe Murefu is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 25 percent live, Harare Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Murefu occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Murefu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Murefu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.88% less than the national average, earning R 133,356 per year.
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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 Murefu
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