Murga Surname
Approximately 26,487 people bear this surname
Murga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 8,066 | 1:3,941 | 647 |
| Ethiopia | 3,864 | 1:25,245 | 3,162 |
| Mexico | 2,887 | 1:42,995 | 2,384 |
| Spain | 1,836 | 1:25,464 | 2,671 |
| Bolivia | 1,641 | 1:6,469 | 826 |
| United States | 1,369 | 1:264,762 | 24,942 |
| El Salvador | 1,202 | 1:5,278 | 529 |
| Guatemala | 1,031 | 1:15,599 | 1,400 |
| Argentina | 857 | 1:49,876 | 4,210 |
| Ecuador | 801 | 1:19,857 | 2,811 |
| Chile | 647 | 1:27,228 | 1,558 |
| Russia | 564 | 1:255,537 | 26,966 |
| Venezuela | 446 | 1:67,722 | 2,936 |
| Albania | 163 | 1:17,878 | 3,115 |
| Cuba | 142 | 1:81,146 | 2,700 |
| Brazil | 131 | 1:1,634,155 | 53,881 |
| Belarus | 114 | 1:83,343 | 13,205 |
| Philippines | 81 | 1:1,249,855 | 96,172 |
| Colombia | 76 | 1:628,606 | 7,698 |
| Slovakia | 60 | 1:88,941 | 17,149 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Czechia | 39 | 1:272,653 | 35,847 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 | 1:126,300 | 9,326 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Moldova | 22 | 1:161,880 | 16,529 |
| Belize | 22 | 1:16,158 | 1,623 |
| Honduras | 21 | 1:419,831 | 3,124 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Puerto Rico | 17 | 1:208,832 | 2,248 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Murgă (1) are calculated separately.
Murga (527) may also be a first name.
Murga Demographics
Murga Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Murga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murga (Georgian: მურგა, Hindi: मुर्गा, Marathi: मुग, Oriya: ମୁଗର୍ା, Russian: Мурга) is borne by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Murgă. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Murga? popularity and diffusion
Murga is the 20,639th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 275,137 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Murga live; 48 percent live in South America and 40 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 367,549th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 527 people.
The surname Murga is most widely held in Peru, where it is borne by 8,066 people, or 1 in 3,941. In Peru Murga is most numerous in: Lima Province, where 29 percent live, La Libertad Region, where 26 percent live and Áncash Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Peru it exists in 71 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 15 percent live and Mexico, where 11 percent live.
Murga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Murga last name are 42.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Murga earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 13.03% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,859 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.28% less than the national average, earning $18,779,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.11% less than the national average, earning $41,374 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.82% more than the national average, earning $61,516 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murga in the Georgian language | ||
| მურგა | murga | - |
| Murga in the Marathi language | ||
| मुग | muga | - |
| Murga in the Hindi language | ||
| मुर्गा | murga | 75 |
| मुरगा | muraga | 22.5 |
| मूर्गा | murga | 2.5 |
| Murga in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁଗର୍ା | mugara | 52.63 |
| ମୁଗ | muga | 26.32 |
| ମୁଗର୍ | mugar | 10.53 |
| ମୃଗ | mrga | 10.53 |
| Murga in the Russian language | ||
| Мурга | murga | - |
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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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