Murekas Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Murekas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murekas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Finland61:916,11741,832
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murekas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murekas is held by more people in Estonia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murekas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Murekas reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The last name Murekas is most widespread in Estonia, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 31,472. Apart from Estonia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murakas86154/
Morekas8675/
Murakhas80113/
Mourikas8079/
Morekaus804/
Mireckas802/
Mourakas801/
Maurakas801/
Moutrikas754/
Mirakas713/
Morecas712/
Muricas711/
Mauricas6787/
Murracas6734/
Murakhaz676/
Morikaus673/
Mouracas671/
Muraccas671/
Maurikos671/
Mouriscas631/
Murraycass591/
Moricas5714/
Morecos571/
Morricas531/

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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 Murekas
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