Muriwo Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muriwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muriwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3331:46,3617,128
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muriwa83129/
Murivo83100/
Muribo839/
Moriwo835/
Murewo833/
Miriwo831/
Muroiwa771,204/
Muraiwa77145/
Muriová779/
Murhewo771/
Mhoriwo771/
Mauriová7124/
Mauraiwa711/
Mouraiwa711/
Maurisuo711/
Murewa671,647/
Muriva67407/
Muruwa67153/
Muriba6784/
Moriwa6718/
Miriwa678/
Murebo677/
Murevo674/
Miruwo671/
Muruvo671/

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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
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  • 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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