Muruges Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Muruges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Muruges (5,814) may also be a first name.
Muruges Demographics
Average Muruges Salary in
South Africa
R 209,148
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Muruges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muruges (Marathi: मुरुगेस) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruges? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Muruges occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Muruges live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muruges is also the 87,455th most commonly held first name globally, held by 5,814 people.
The last name Muruges is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 950,486. In South Africa Muruges is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 29 percent live and India, where 25 percent live.
Muruges Last Name Statistics demography
Muruges earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.99% less than the national average, earning R 209,148 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murugesh | 93 | 819 | / |
| Murugess | 93 | 19 | / |
| Murugese | 93 | 1 | / |
| Muruge | 92 | 660 | / |
| Murunge | 86 | 14 | / |
| Muriges | 86 | 5 | / |
| Muruger | 86 | 4 | / |
| Murugis | 86 | 2 | / |
| Muruget | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maurunge | 80 | 42 | / |
| Murugezh | 80 | 30 | / |
| Murigesh | 80 | 14 | / |
| Murugish | 80 | 3 | / |
| Murungie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Murungeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murugays | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murugeyd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murugi | 77 | 18,350 | / |
| Muruga | 77 | 3,272 | / |
| Murusi | 77 | 29 | / |
| Muruce | 77 | 11 | / |
| Muruze | 77 | 5 | / |
| Murugă | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muruse | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muroge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muruje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Murungeyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murungi | 71 | 27,177 | / |
| Murhuze | 71 | 369 | / |
| Maurusi | 71 | 217 | / |
| Mauruse | 71 | 96 | / |
| Murusit | 71 | 52 | / |
| Murugia | 71 | 8 | / |
| Moroges | 71 | 7 | / |
| Murusid | 71 | 4 | / |
| Muruusi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Murugai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Murusoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murouga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morugis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muruggi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murusai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murausi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morauge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murugih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murugaya | 67 | 304 | / |
| Murugaih | 67 | 40 | / |
| Muurungi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Murugaia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muirungi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Murusich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mohurusi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muruingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murugaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maurruce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murhouse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mourousi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muruchis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murugich | 67 | 1 | / |
Muruges Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muruges in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरुगेस | murugesa | 80 |
| मुरगेस | muragesa | 20 |
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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 Muruges
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