Murugesa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Murugesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murugesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
India101:76,706,538639,611
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Murugesa (3,448) may also be a first name.

Murugesa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murugesa is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murugesa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murugesa is the 3,730,171st most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Murugesa are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 121,102nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 3,448 people.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Murugesa is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Murugesa Last Name Statistics demography

Murugesa earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.77% less than the national average, earning R 235,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murugesha9415/
Murugesau946/
Murugesah943/
Murugasa8895/
Murugosa8812/
Murugesy883/
Murugese881/
Murugesoo828/
Murigesha821/
Murugeshi821/
Murungisa821/
Murugesuy821/
Murugesui821/
Murugasoo7126/
Murungisi7118/
Morogeschi563/

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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 Murugesa
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