Muroyi Surname
Approximately 926 people bear this surname
Muroyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 859 | 1:17,972 | 2,652 |
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muroyi (63) may also be a first name.
Muroyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muroyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muroyi is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muroyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muroyi is the 384,027th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,869,920 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muroyi reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Muroyi is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 63 people.
The last name Muroyi is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 859 people, or 1 in 17,972. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 27 percent live, Midlands Province, where 16 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Muroyi
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