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.

DNA test information

Murirwa 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
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

Murirwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murirwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Murirwa is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Murirwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murirwa live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Murirwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried 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. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Burundi, where 4 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
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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