Murugaiyah Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Murugaiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Murugaiyah (56) may also be a first name.
Murugaiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murugaiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murugaiyah occurs most in Malaysia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murugaiyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. Murugaiyah is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Murugaiyah are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Murugaiyah is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 56 people.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 719,371. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Negeri Sembilan, where 24 percent are found, Selangor, where 20 percent are found and Johor, where 17 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Murugaiyah
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