Muritu Surname
Approximately 1,999 people bear this surname
Muritu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,982 | 1:23,300 | 2,647 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muritu (378) may also be a first name.
Muritu Demographics
Muritu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muritu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muritu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muritu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Muritu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muritu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muritu is the 207,153rd most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,645,596 people. The surname Muritu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muritu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 446,161st most frequent first name internationally It is held by 378 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,982 people, or 1 in 23,300. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent live, Muranga County, where 22 percent live and Nairobi County, where 15 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Muritu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murittu | 92 | 95 | / |
| Muritau | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mutritu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mauristu | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mauritus | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mousritu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Murutu | 83 | 620 | / |
| Moritu | 83 | 32 | / |
| Miritu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muretu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mauristeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maurituis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Morittu | 77 | 1,078 | / |
| Mirithu | 77 | 90 | / |
| Moraitu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Murutau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Moritou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muiretu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mhiritu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moraitou | 71 | 1,766 | / |
| Mouretou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mauruttu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirithuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miretu | 67 | 10 | / |
| M'Mirithu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mourettou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mihretu | 62 | 8,073 | / |
| Mhiretu | 62 | 5 | / |
| Moretó | 50 | 16 | / |
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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 Muritu
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