Murhu Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Murhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Murhu (231) may also be a first name.
Murhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murhu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Murhu.
How Common Is The Last Name Murhu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Murhu live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Murhu is also the 590,311th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 231 people.
The last name Murhu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Murhu is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 58 percent live and Zamfara, where 42 percent live. Besides Nigeria Murhu exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 28 percent live and India, where 12 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 Murhu
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