Muriuki Surname
Approximately 68,339 people bear this surname
Muriuki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65,566 | 1:704 | 105 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United States | 152 | 1:2,384,598 | 147,132 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Muriuki (14,377) may also be a first name.
Muriuki Demographics
Average Muriuki Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Muriuki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muriuki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muriuki occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Muriuki click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muriuki? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,339th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 106,638 people. Muriuki occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muriuki live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 47,741st most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 14,377 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 65,566 people, or 1 in 704. In Kenya Muriuki is most frequent in: Meru County, where 22 percent reside, Kirinyaga County, where 22 percent reside and Embu County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 3 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.
Muriuki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Muriuki last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Muriuki earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.66% more than the national average, earning $53,984 CAD 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
- 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 Muriuki
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