Mureu Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Mureu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| Italy | 42 | 1:1,456,112 | 80,162 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mureu (140) may also be a first name.
Mureu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mureu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mureu (Hindi: मुरेू, Russian: Мурэу) is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mureu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,428,594th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Mureu reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mureu is also the 781,395th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 140 people.
The last name Mureu is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nakuru County, where 70 percent reside, Muranga County, where 9 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 28 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mureu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mureu in the Hindi language | ||
| मुरेू | mureu | - |
| Mureu in the Russian language | ||
| Мурэу | mureu | - |
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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 Mureu
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