Muruf Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Muruf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Muruf (321) may also be a first name.
Muruf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muruf occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruf? popularity and diffusion
Muruf is the 1,244,200th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Muruf reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 489,856th most common first name on earth, held by 321 people.
Muruf is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Ogun, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauruf | 91 | 80 | / |
| Muruff | 91 | 28 | / |
| Mouruf | 91 | 21 | / |
| Musruf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Muruuf | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mureuf | 91 | 0 | / |
| Mauruff | 83 | 8 | / |
| Maurouf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mouruff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Murruff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Moruf | 80 | 4,316 | / |
| Muruw | 80 | 48 | / |
| Murub | 80 | 43 | / |
| Muruv | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moruff | 73 | 1,085 | / |
| Morauf | 73 | 101 | / |
| Morouf | 73 | 46 | / |
| Morruf | 73 | 12 | / |
| Muruph | 73 | 10 | / |
| Murubh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Muroof | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mooruf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Muruib | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mauroof | 67 | 526 | / |
| Mouroof | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mihrouf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mirrauf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murow | 60 | 45 | / |
| Murrow | 55 | 2,042 | / |
| Moruph | 55 | 19 | / |
| Mourow | 55 | 6 | / |
| Maurow | 55 | 3 | / |
| Muroev | 55 | 3 | / |
| Muurow | 55 | 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 Muruf
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