Murugan Surname

17,995^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 30,690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

India

Highest density in:

Mauritius

Murugan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Murugan Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
India	13,381	1:57,325	3,923
South Africa	3,014	1:17,975	2,260
Saudi Arabia	2,624	1:11,759	1,629
Malaysia	2,377	1:12,408	1,306
United Arab Emirates	2,110	1:4,342	542
Oman	1,633	1:2,258	334
Sri Lanka	877	1:23,727	3,118
Singapore	762	1:7,228	430
Kuwait	762	1:4,988	690
Qatar	686	1:3,437	342
Mauritius	649	1:1,993	314
Bahrain	617	1:2,186	331
United States	425	1:852,845	64,957
England	166	1:335,651	24,624
France	106	1:626,629	82,018
Thailand	84	1:840,933	134,389
Hong Kong	70	1:104,793	1,905
Australia	67	1:402,921	32,505
Canada	55	1:669,920	54,285
Brunei	37	1:11,317	1,397
Switzerland	16	1:513,307	36,405
Nigeria	11	1:16,103,887	259,204
Germany	10	1:8,050,546	248,660
Indonesia	9	1:14,694,355	460,137
Norway	8	1:642,786	47,258
Japan	8	1:15,980,537	47,042
China	7	1:195,331,652	10,124
Sweden	6	1:1,641,126	116,183
Iceland	6	1:63,348	4,218
Northern Ireland	5	1:369,007	15,220
Scotland	5	1:1,070,763	31,189
Finland	5	1:1,099,340	45,512
Afghanistan	5	1:6,430,637	27,710
Egypt	4	1:22,983,938	62,368
Russia	4	1:36,030,764	577,589
Libya	4	1:1,560,994	3,087
Poland	4	1:9,502,187	181,606
Bangladesh	4	1:39,839,193	17,324
Wales	4	1:773,633	29,106
Netherlands	3	1:5,629,059	132,535
Guyana	3	1:254,074	11,262
Armenia	3	1:976,727	13,552
Kenya	3	1:15,393,300	77,493
Tanzania	3	1:17,647,204	107,932
Denmark	3	1:1,881,572	67,227
South Korea	3	1:17,080,085	2,793
Papua New Guinea	2	1:4,076,858	165,791
Ireland	2	1:2,354,470	19,715
Taiwan	2	1:11,722,373	63,559
Zambia	2	1:7,924,961	45,994
New Zealand	2	1:2,264,162	49,210
Brazil	2	1:107,037,166	1,031,150
Italy	2	1:30,578,344	160,757
Spain	1	1:46,752,036	156,870
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Dominican Republic	1	1:10,432,932	36,508
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Czechia	1	1:10,633,469	206,023
Congo	1	1:4,989,096	34,171
Chile	1	1:17,616,474	93,597
Botswana	1	1:2,186,929	30,250
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Bermuda	1	1:65,279	3,010
Benin	1	1:10,335,602	103,742
Belgium	1	1:11,496,644	167,539
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147
Azerbaijan	1	1:9,649,122	47,873
Ethiopia	1	1:97,546,262	29,669
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Gibraltar	1	1:33,954	1,660
Hungary	1	1:9,816,277	73,288
Ivory Coast	1	1:23,071,232	76,679
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Philippines	1	1:101,238,223	404,861
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Kazakhstan	1	1:17,682,496	204,010
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Mauritania	1	1:4,094,863	38,869

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The alternate forms: Múrùgañ (1) are calculated separately.

Murugan (31,071) may also be a first name.

Murugan Demographics

Average Murugan Salary in
United States

$52,057^USD

Per year

Rank:

351,201 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

7.38566E-5

Rank: 95,925 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

120.64%

Sample size: 121 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Murugan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murugan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Murugan (Hindi: मुरूगन, Marathi: मुरगन, Oriya: ମୁରଗାନ୍) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Múrùgañ. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murugan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Murugan is the 17,995^th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 237,457 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Murugan live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 27,169^th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 31,071 people.

The last name Murugan is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 13,381 people, or 1 in 57,325. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 57 percent live, Maharashtra, where 7 percent live and Karnataka, where 6 percent live. Outside of India Murugan occurs in 80 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live.

Murugan Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Murugan last name are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52% being registered with the party.

The amount Murugan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.96% less than the national average, earning 187,014 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 48.38% more than the national average, earning R 352,608 per year; in United States they earn 20.64% more than the national average, earning $52,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.08% less than the national average, earning $47,157 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Murungan	93	280	/
Murughan	93	68	/
Murrugan	93	8	/
Muruggan	93	5	/
Murugain	93	4	/
Murugang	93	4	/
Murougan	93	3	/
Murugaan	93	2	/
Mmurugan	93	1	/
Murugasn	93	1	/
Murugamn	93	1	/
Muruegan	93	1	/
Murugasen	88	365	/
Mourougan	88	3	/
Murunghan	88	1	/
Murugam	86	148	/
Morugan	86	71	/
Murigan	86	19	/
Múrùgañ	86	1	/
Murogan	86	1	/
Murugon	86	1	/
Mourougane	82	112	/
Murugassen	82	3	/
Mourigan	80	88	/
Morougan	80	7	/
Muruggam	80	4	/
Murigaan	80	4	/
Murugond	80	3	/
Murugaim	80	1	/
Muriegan	80	1	/
Murugham	80	1	/
Morugann	80	1	/
Murrigan	80	1	/
Moroughan	75	52	/
Murugasem	75	1	/
Mourougassin	74	3	/
Morogan	71	604	/
Mirigan	71	154	/
Morugán	71	4	/
Murogon	71	1	/
Murigon	71	0	/
Mourigán	67	1	/
Maurigon	67	1	/
Moroghan	67	0	/
Mooroogan	63	105	/
Morogon	57	5	/
Mirigon	57	1	/

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Murugan Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Murugan in the Marathi language
मुरगन	muragana	50.49
मुरुगन	murugana	32.75
मुरूगन	murugana	7.65
मुरुगण	murugana	1.72
मुरुगान	murugana	0.77
मुरूगण	murugana	0.62
मुगर्न	mugarna	0.44
मुरूगान	murugana	0.33
मृगन	mrgana	0.26
मूरुगन	murugana	0.26
मुरगण	muragana	0.15
एमुरगन	emuragana	0.15
मुरुगम	murugama	0.11
मृगर्न	mrgarna	0.07
मुरगम	muragama	0.07
मूरूगन	murugana	0.07
मॄगन	mlgana	0.07
मुगन	mugana	0.07
मुपन	mupana	0.07
मुरुकन	murukana	0.04
मुरुगल	murugala	0.04
मूरगन	muragana	0.04
अमुरुगन	amurugana	0.04
भूरगण	bhuragana	0.04
मुरधान	muradhana	0.04
मुसगन	musagana	0.04
मुगरन	mugarana	0.04
अमुरगन	amuragana	0.04
मोरुगण	morugana	0.04
मुरु्गण	murugana	0.04
मुडगन	mudagana	0.04
आरमुगन	aramugana	0.04
एमुरुगान	emurugana	0.04
मुर्गन	murgana	0.04
मुगम	mugama	0.04
कुरुवन	kuruvana	0.04
मुरुगेन	murugena	0.04
मुगश	mugasa	0.04
अरूमुगन	arumugana	0.04
एमुरुगन	emurugana	0.04
मृमण	mrmana	0.04
आरुमुगन	arumugana	0.04
मुगर्नन	mugarnana	0.04
अरुमुगन	arumugana	0.04
मुरगर	muragara	0.04
गुरुगन	gurugana	0.04
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Murugan in the Hindi language
मुरूगन	murugana	50
मुरुगन	murugana	42.86
मुर्गन	murgana	3.57
मुरगन	muragana	3.57
Murugan in the Oriya language
ମୁରଗାନ୍	muragan	50
ମୁରୁଗନ	murugana	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 Murugan
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Murugan Surname

Murugan Surname

Murugan Surname Distribution Map

Murugan Demographics

$52,057 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Murugan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murugan Come From? nationality or country of origin

How Common Is The Last Name Murugan? popularity and diffusion

Murugan Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Murugan Name Transliterations

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Footnotes

$52,057^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Murugan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Murugan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Murugan Last Name Statistics ^demography