Murtal Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Murtal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Murtal (233) may also be a first name.
Murtal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murtal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murtal (Hindi: मुर्तल, Marathi: मुतर्ल) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murtal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,014,722nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Murtal live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 587,225th most commonly used forename internationally, held by 233 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 25 percent reside, Sokoto, where 21 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Turkey, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murtal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murtal in the Marathi language | ||
| मुतर्ल | mutarla | - |
| Murtal in the Hindi language | ||
| मुर्तल | murtala | 50 |
| मुरतल | muratala | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Murtal
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