Murekye Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Murekye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murekye Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1681:232,37717,736
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Murekye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murekye occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murekye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murekye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 232,377. In Uganda it is most common in: Sheema District, where 18 percent live, Isingiro District, where 12 percent live and Mbarara District, where 11 percent live. Other than Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murekeye931/
Murakye862/
Mourikoye7510/
Morekey711/
Morekei711/
Morekie711/
Morikoye6750/
Morekeji673/
Morekiyo673/
Murekajo672/
Murikaya671/
Murrykee671/
Mourikoy671/
Morykoye671/
Mourekaa671/
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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 Murekye
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