Mureya Surname
Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname
Mureya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,336 | 1:11,556 | 1,501 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mureya (63) may also be a first name.
Mureya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mureya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mureya (Hindi: मौर्य, Marathi: मुरेया) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mureya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mureya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mureya is the 282,110th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,331,050 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mureya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 63 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,336 people, or 1 in 11,556. In Zimbabwe Mureya is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 55 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mureya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mureya in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरेया | mureya | - |
| Mureya in the Hindi language | ||
| मौर्य | maurya | 50 |
| मौर्या | maurya | 33.33 |
| मुरेया | mureya | 16.67 |
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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 Mureya
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