Muremi Surname

280,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Muremi Surname User-submission:

The surname Muremi means 'man of happiness'.

Muremi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6781:79,9089,879
Namibia4721:5,105970
Kenya2081:222,01915,715
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
England21:27,859,030389,889
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Muremi (47) may also be a first name.

Muremi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Muremi means 'man of happiness'.

- muremi

Muremi Last Name Facts

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

Muremi is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muremi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muremi is the 280,156th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muremi live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 47 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 678 people, or 1 in 79,908. In South Africa Muremi is most common in: Limpopo, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 1 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 34 percent reside and Kenya, where 15 percent reside.

Muremi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Muremi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.28% less than the national average, earning R 113,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muremyi9248/
Muremgi922/
Muremie921/
Mureemi921/
Mauremi921/
Muremhi921/
Murimi8342,932/
Moremi8320,599/
Murema83773/
Murami83441/
Muromi83123/
Miremi8398/
Mureme838/
Murîmi831/
Murymi831/
Murahmi7769/
Muhromi7750/
Muirimi7747/
Murhema7721/
Moreimi7718/
Murohmi779/
Muramui776/
Murrami774/
Murhami774/
Morhemi774/
Mureema774/
Muremaa773/
Muremma773/
Mourimi773/
Moremie772/
Miremie772/
Moremii771/
Murimih771/
Muramei771/
Moriemi771/
Mireimi771/
Muhrami771/
Moremih771/
Maurema771/
Moutrimi71107/
Murrohmi716/
Mouraïmi716/
Mouraimi712/
Murreema711/
Murremma711/
Moureima711/
Mourhami711/
Muiramai711/
Murima678,898/
Morema674,551/
Moreme67410/
Morimi67161/
Murame67140/
Murime6764/
Moremy672/
Murome672/
Murimy671/

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