Muroyiwa Surname
Approximately 2,064 people bear this surname
Muroyiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,023 | 1:7,631 | 875 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muroyiwa (233) may also be a first name.
Muroyiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muroyiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muroyiwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muroyiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 201,907th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,530,788 people. The surname Muroyiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muroyiwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muroyiwa is also the 587,225th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 233 people.
Muroyiwa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,023 people, or 1 in 7,631. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 27 percent live, Midlands Province, where 17 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Muroyiwa occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muroiwa | 93 | 1,204 | / |
| Murayiwa | 88 | 30 | / |
| Moroyiwa | 88 | 13 | / |
| Mureyiwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Muraiwa | 80 | 145 | / |
| Mouraiwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mourouwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moroyewa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mauraiwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muriwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murieva | 67 | 158 | / |
| Morojwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Muryeva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mourouvaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mureiba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muraiua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muroubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moraywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muraiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muriewi | 67 | 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 Muroyiwa
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