Murorua Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Murorua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murorua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia2261:10,6612,019
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Murorua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murorua occurs most in Namibia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murorua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,085,744th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murorua are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Namibia, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 10,661. In Namibia Murorua is mostly concentrated in: Otjozondjupa Region, where 46 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 44 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Namibia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murorwa8678/
Muroorwa8028/
Murerwa7112,431/
Mururwa711/
Murarwa711/
Muererwa67131/
Muraurwa6710/
Musrurwa673/
Mureerwa671/
Murherwa671/
Mirarwa5712/

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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 Murorua
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