Murm Surname

11,945th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,013 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Murm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India47,0101:16,3171,313
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Murm (19) may also be a first name.

Murm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murm (Hindi: मुर्म, Oriya: ମୁମୁର୍୍, Russian: Мурм) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Murm.

How Common Is The Last Name Murm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,945th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 155,011 people. Murm occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Murm are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Murm is also the 2,523,061st most common first name world-wide, held by 19 people.

This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 47,010 people, or 1 in 16,317. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 96 percent live, Bihar, where 4 percent live and West Bengal, where 0 percent live. Besides India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Murm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Murm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Murm surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murme891,119/
Muurm8922/
Muhrm8914/
Murmm895/
Maurm894/
Murrm892/
Musrm891/
Meurme801/
Murmme801/
Mourme801/
Muirem801/
Murrme801/
Morm7594/
Mirm7577/
Murmova731/
Moorm6713/
Morrm671/

Murm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murm in the Hindi language
मुर्मmurma92.31
मूर्मmurma7.69
Murm in the Oriya language
ମୁମୁର୍୍mumur62.5
ମୁମୁର୍mumur37.5
Murm in the Russian language
Мурмmurm-

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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 Murm
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