Murugi Surname
Approximately 18,350 people bear this surname
Murugi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 18,310 | 1:2,522 | 401 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Murugi (4,412) may also be a first name.
Murugi Demographics
Murugi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murugi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murugi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murugi (Oriya: ମୁରୁଗୀ) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murugi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,245th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 397,141 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murugi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Murugi is also the 103,782nd most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 4,412 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 18,310 people, or 1 in 2,522. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Embu County, where 35 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 10 percent reside and Meru County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Murugi exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Murugi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murugi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murugi in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁରୁଗୀ | murugi | 62.5 |
| ମୁରୁଗି | murugi | 25 |
| ମୂରୁଗି | murugi | 12.5 |
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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 Murugi
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