Muripa Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muripa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muripa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2761:55,9368,463
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Muripa (143) may also be a first name.

Muripa Last Name Facts

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

Muripa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muripa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muripa is the 885,573rd most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Muripa are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 772,378th most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 143 people.

The surname Muripa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 55,936. In Zimbabwe Muripa is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 58 percent reside, Harare Province, where 14 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muripah92192/
Musripa9216/
Murripa921/
Muuripa921/
Mujripah8618/
Muhripah8611/
Musrippa8610/
Murhipah866/
Muripaya861/
Moripa83738/
Muripo83470/
Murepa83256/
Murupa83234/
Muripi8377/
Muripe8313/
Miripa832/
Murespa774/
Mhuripo772/
Musripi772/
Miripai772/
Muriphe772/
Murrupa772/
Moripay771/
Muruppa771/
Mutripe771/
Muripet771/
Maurepas7122/
Musreepa711/
Murriphy711/
Murreppa711/
Moripe67566/
Moripi67159/
Morepa6718/
Murepe6717/
Mirupa6716/
Moripo676/
Mirepa674/
Miripo672/
Murepo672/
Moripj672/
Murepi671/

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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 Muripa
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