Murengezi Surname

163,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Murengezi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murengezi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda2,4811:4,5811,120
Uganda1111:351,70523,045
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Murengezi (40) may also be a first name.

Murengezi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murengezi occurs most in Rwanda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Murengezi.

How Common Is The Last Name Murengezi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 163,864th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,751,055 people. Murengezi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murengezi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Murengezi is also the 1,614,485th most widespread given name globally It is held by 40 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 2,481 people, or 1 in 4,581. Other than Rwanda this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Murengezi
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