Murirwa Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murirwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murirwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349

Murirwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murirwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murirwa? popularity and diffusion

Murirwa is the 3,957,383rd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murirwa are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 45 percent live and Harare Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Burundi, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murairwa93649/
Murirwoha881/
Murerwa8612,431/
Murirua866/
Mururwa861/
Muererwa80131/
Mirairwa801/
Mureerwa801/
Murherwa801/
Mureherwa751/
Morerwa711,341/
Murerwi7124/
Murerwe719/
Mirirua711/
Mureerwi6732/
Morerwoa672/

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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 Murirwa
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