Murerwa Surname
Approximately 12,431 people bear this surname
Murerwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 8,062 | 1:1,410 | 335 |
| Kenya | 2,649 | 1:17,433 | 2,085 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,098 | 1:14,060 | 1,942 |
| Uganda | 456 | 1:85,612 | 9,015 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Murerwa (529) may also be a first name.
Murerwa Demographics
Murerwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murerwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murerwa has its highest incidence in Rwanda. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Murerwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Murerwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 42,002nd most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 586,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murerwa live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Murerwa is also the 366,789th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 529 people.
Murerwa is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 8,062 people, or 1 in 1,410. Beside Rwanda this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside.
Murerwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Murerwa
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