Muronya Surname
Approximately 809 people bear this surname
Muronya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Muronya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muronya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muronya is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muronya? popularity and diffusion
Muronya is the 427,014th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,008,091 people. The last name Muronya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muronya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murunya | 86 | 240 | / |
| Moronya | 86 | 112 | / |
| Muranya | 86 | 8 | / |
| Muronyo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Murhanya | 80 | 34 | / |
| Muroniah | 80 | 9 | / |
| Murhunya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mauronja | 80 | 4 | / |
| Murania | 71 | 279 | / |
| Muranja | 71 | 157 | / |
| Moronia | 71 | 137 | / |
| Moranya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Moronyo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Murunja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Morunya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muronjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murunia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muranea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muranha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muronio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouronho | 67 | 82 | / |
| Murhanyo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Murangia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Murungia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muranjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murungaiyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muirania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muraneau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murgunia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murhaniah | 63 | 13 | / |
| Muraña | 62 | 491 | / |
| Muraño | 62 | 8 | / |
| Moronio | 57 | 165 | / |
| Morania | 57 | 102 | / |
| Moroneo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Moranja | 57 | 1 | / |
| Moronjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muranjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Murganio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Morani'ai | 50 | 1 | / |
| Murangnoi | 50 | 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 Muronya
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