Murikwa Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Murikwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murikwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya521:888,07532,885
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Murikwa Demographics

Murikwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Murikwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Murikwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murikwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murikwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya Murikwa is primarily found in: Muranga County, where 88 percent live, Nyeri County, where 8 percent live and Kiambu County, where 2 percent live.

Murikwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Murikwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muraikwa932/
Mirikwa86261/
Murigwa86256/
Murekwa86159/
Murukwa8657/
Morikwa8637/
Murikwi861/
Mureingwa751/
Mutrikwet751/
Morekwa71252/
Muregwa7183/
Morikwe7139/
Murigwi7115/
Murugwa7110/
Mirekwa715/
Murekwe711/
Murukwei671/
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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 Murikwa
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