Mureke Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Mureke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Mureke (15) may also be a first name.
Mureke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mureke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mureke occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mureke.
How Common Is The Last Name Mureke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mureke reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 15 people.
Mureke is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda Mureke is most frequent in: Namayingo District, where 57 percent are found, Kibaale District, where 14 percent are found and Mbarara District, where 14 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 32 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Mureke
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