Murinyu Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
Murinyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 407 | 1:37,932 | 5,884 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Murinyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murinyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murinyu occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murinyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 712,393rd most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,731,255 people. The surname Murinyu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murinyu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 37,932. In Zimbabwe Murinyu is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 66 percent are found, Harare Province, where 10 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Murinyu
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