Muriwo Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Muriwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 333 | 1:46,361 | 7,128 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Muriwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muriwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muriwo is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muriwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muriwo is the 827,165th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muriwo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 46,361. In Zimbabwe Muriwo is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 59 percent are found, Harare Province, where 15 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muriwa | 83 | 129 | / |
| Murivo | 83 | 100 | / |
| Muribo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Moriwo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Murewo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Miriwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muroiwa | 77 | 1,204 | / |
| Muraiwa | 77 | 145 | / |
| Muriová | 77 | 9 | / |
| Murhewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mhoriwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mauriová | 71 | 24 | / |
| Mauraiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouraiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maurisuo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murewa | 67 | 1,647 | / |
| Muriva | 67 | 407 | / |
| Muruwa | 67 | 153 | / |
| Muriba | 67 | 84 | / |
| Moriwa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Miriwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Murebo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Murevo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Miruwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muruvo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Muriwo
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