Murehi Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Murehi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Murehi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murehi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murehi (Hindi: मुरेही) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Murehi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Murehi is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Murehi are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Murehi is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Murehi is most common in: Vihiga County, where 90 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Murehi exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murehi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murehi in the Hindi language | ||
| मुरेही | murehi | - |
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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 Murehi
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