Mureithi Surname
Approximately 14,978 people bear this surname
Mureithi Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'shepherd' in the Kikuyu language. The surname is found predominantly among the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru in Central Kenya.
Mureithi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14,708 | 1:3,140 | 486 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Mùrèîthî (1) are calculated separately.
Mureithi (3,085) may also be a first name.
Mureithi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'shepherd' in the Kikuyu language. The surname is found predominantly among the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru in Central Kenya.
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Mureithi Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mureithi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mureithi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mureithi is most common in Kenya. It may be found as a variant: Mùrèîthî. Click here for further potential spellings of Mureithi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mureithi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mureithi is the 35,293rd most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 486,550 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mureithi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 129,881st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 3,085 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 14,708 people, or 1 in 3,140. In Kenya Mureithi is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 12 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.
Mureithi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Mureithi surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mureithi earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning R 236,484 per year and in United States they earn 23.8% less than the national average, earning $32,881 USD per year.
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