Murjah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Murjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Murjah (196) may also be a first name.
Murjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murjah (Marathi: मुजर्ह) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murjah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Murjah live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Murjah is also the 648,004th most common first name throughout the world, held by 196 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Murjah is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Kaduna, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murjah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murjah in the Marathi language | ||
| मुजर्ह | mujar'ha | - |
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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 Murjah
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