Murimo Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murimo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3901:39,5856,118
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Murimo (25) may also be a first name.

Murimo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murimo is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murimo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 727,600th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname Murimo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murimo reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Murimo is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name globally, borne by 25 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 39,585. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 40 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 33 percent are found and Harare Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muraimo9234/
Mutrimo923/
Mourimo921/
Muraimoh866/
Murima838,898/
Mirimo831,327/
Morimo8354/
Muremo835/
Murumo833/
Murhima77124/
Mourima77110/
Mhirimo7750/
Muhrima7728/
Mutrima7710/
Moraimo778/
Muraima776/
Mujrima774/
Maurima774/
Musrima774/
Mirrimo771/
Murimau771/
Murimas771/
Muirima771/
Murimad771/
Mauresmo7176/
Muhrimah7167/
Muurimaa7114/
Maurisma719/
Musrimah711/
Mourimma711/
Moureima711/
Maurimat711/
Muraimma711/
Murema67773/
Muruma67309/
Morima67280/
Mirima6742/
Miremo6711/
Mirumo673/
Morimã671/

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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 Murimo
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