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
The surname Muronya is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muronya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 427,014th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,008,091 people. The last name Muronya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muronya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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