Murex Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Murex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Murex (47) may also be a first name.
Murex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murex Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murex occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Murex.
How Common Is The Last Name Murex? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 44 percent of Murex live; 44 percent live in Oceania Islands and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 47 people.
Murex is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 25 percent live, Enga, where 25 percent live and National Capital District, where 25 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent live.
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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 Murex
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