Murenga Surname
Approximately 1,944 people bear this surname
Murenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,231 | 1:12,541 | 1,672 |
| Kenya | 433 | 1:106,651 | 9,185 |
| Namibia | 141 | 1:17,088 | 3,038 |
| Uganda | 107 | 1:364,853 | 23,632 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Murenga (303) may also be a first name.
Murenga Demographics
Murenga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murenga is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murenga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 211,958th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,748,738 people. The last name Murenga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murenga live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Murenga is also the 505,965th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 303 people.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,231 people, or 1 in 12,541. In Zimbabwe Murenga is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 40 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 30 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 22 percent are found and Namibia, where 7 percent are found.
Murenga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Murenga earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.89% less than the national average, earning R 171,360 per year.
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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 Murenga
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