Murezi Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Murezi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 128 | 1:304,994 | 21,050 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Murezi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murezi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murezi is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murezi? popularity and diffusion
Murezi is the 1,527,735th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Murezi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murezi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Murezi is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 304,994. In Uganda Murezi is most frequent in: Sheema District, where 29 percent reside, Bushenyi District, where 27 percent reside and Kampala District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 3 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
- 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 Murezi
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