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
Muritu is most common in Kenya. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muritu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 207,153rd most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,645,596 people. The last name Muritu is mostly 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 commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 378 people.
Muritu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,982 people, or 1 in 23,300. In Kenya Muritu is mostly concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent live, Muranga County, where 22 percent live and Nairobi County, where 15 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Muritu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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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