Muriah Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Muriah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 300 | 1:440,831 | 36,784 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Muriah (3,089) may also be a first name.
Muriah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muriah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muriah occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muriah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muriah is the 851,613th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Muriah live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 129,771st most widespread first name internationally, borne by 3,089 people.
The surname Muriah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 440,831. In Indonesia Muriah is mostly found in: Central Java, where 42 percent reside, East Java, where 17 percent reside and West Nusa Tenggara, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia Muriah is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent reside and Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.
Muriah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Muriah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Muriah last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Muriah
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