Murowa Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Murowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 116 | 1:133,088 | 17,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Murowa (18) may also be a first name.
Murowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murowa is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murowa is the 509,669th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Murowa are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Murowa is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 18 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Other than Malawi this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Murowa
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