Murimwa Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Murimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 448 | 1:34,460 | 5,303 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
Murimwa (14) may also be a first name.
Murimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murimwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murimwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 633,196th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Murimwa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Murimwa is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
Murimwa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 34,460. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 27 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 22 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Murimwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murimhwa | 93 | 12 | / |
| Murimwwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Murimhwai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murimba | 86 | 960 | / |
| Muremwa | 86 | 163 | / |
| Murumwa | 86 | 143 | / |
| Murimwe | 86 | 62 | / |
| Murimwi | 86 | 7 | / |
| Murinwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Murimva | 86 | 1 | / |
| Murhumwa | 80 | 75 | / |
| Maurimba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mueremwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muremba | 71 | 578 | / |
| Murimbi | 71 | 250 | / |
| Morinwa | 71 | 74 | / |
| Murimbo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Murmbay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Murimboh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Murhimbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Murhemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murembe | 57 | 200 | / |
| Murembo | 57 | 62 | / |
| Murembi | 57 | 10 | / |
| Murenba | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Murimwa
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