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 in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Murjah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murjah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Murjah live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 648,004th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 196 people.
The last name Murjah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Murjah is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 56 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Kaduna, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Murjah exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found.
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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