Muriungi Surname

31,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Muriungi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muriungi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya16,7051:2,764436
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Muriungi (4,950) may also be a first name.

Muriungi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Muriungi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Muriungi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muriungi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 31,895th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 435,780 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muriungi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 96,810th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 4,950 people.

The surname Muriungi is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 16,705 people, or 1 in 2,764. In Kenya Muriungi is most numerous in: Meru County, where 64 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 20 percent live and Nairobi County, where 5 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Muriungi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Muriungi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Muriungi earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.27% more than the national average, earning $60,958 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
  • 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 Muriungi
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