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 last name Murowa is found most frequently in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 509,669th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. This 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 widely held first name globally It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
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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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