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
Muruf is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,244,200th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 321 people.
The surname Muruf is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 25 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Ogun, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
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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