Murithi Surname
Approximately 60,309 people bear this surname
Murithi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 60,217 | 1:767 | 119 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Murithi (15,765) may also be a first name.
Murithi Demographics
Murithi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murithi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murithi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murithi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murithi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murithi is the 9,382nd most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 120,837 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murithi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 44,856th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 15,765 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 60,217 people, or 1 in 767. In Kenya Murithi is most common in: Meru County, where 51 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 18 percent are found and Embu County, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.
Murithi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Murithi last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Murithi last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.
Murithi earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.09% less than the national average, earning $27,576 USD per year.
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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
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- 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 Murithi
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