Muringwa Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muringwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muringwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4161:37,1115,754
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Muringwa (51) may also be a first name.

Muringwa Last Name Facts

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

Muringwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muringwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 695,980th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname Muringwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muringwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 51 people.

Muringwa is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 37,111. In Zimbabwe Muringwa is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 32 percent live, Harare Province, where 24 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murengwa881,374/
Muringwi8814/
Muriengwe8272/
Mhiringwa821/
Mhuriengwe7867/
Mauriengwe781/
Murengwe75103/
Murengwi7518/
Morengwa7511/
Muremgwa751/
Mirengwa751/
Moringue635/
Muryoncwe591/
Morengue5037/

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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 Muringwa
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