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
Murugi (Oriya: ମୁରୁଗୀ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Murugi.
How Common Is The Last Name Murugi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,245th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 397,141 people. The last name Murugi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murugi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Murugi is also the 103,782nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 4,412 people.
The surname Murugi is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 18,310 people, or 1 in 2,522. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Embu County, where 35 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 10 percent are found and Meru County, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Murugi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily 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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