Murirua Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Murirua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murirua Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Murirua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murirua occurs most in Namibia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murirua? popularity and diffusion

Murirua is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murirua are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia Murirua is most common in: Khomas Region, where 80 percent live and Hardap Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Namibia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murirwa8625/
Mirirua861/
Murairwa80649/
Murirwoha751/
Murerwa7112,431/
Mururwa711/
Morerua711/
Muererwa67131/
Mureerwa671/
Murherwa671/
Mureherwa631/
Morerwa571,341/
Morerwoa532/
Mirairwa531/
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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 Murirua
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