Murugiah Surname
Approximately 3,243 people bear this surname
Murugiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,608 | 1:12,941 | 1,861 |
| Malaysia | 1,298 | 1:22,723 | 2,079 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Murugiah (1,177) may also be a first name.
Murugiah Demographics
Average Murugiah Salary in
United States
$51,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Murugiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murugiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murugiah (Marathi: मुरुग) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murugiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 138,053rd most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,247,162 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Murugiah live; 52 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Murugiah is also the 231,359th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 1,177 people.
The surname Murugiah is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,608 people, or 1 in 12,941. Not including Sri Lanka Murugiah occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 40 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Murugiah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Murugiah earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.97% less than the national average, earning 245,835 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.97% more than the national average, earning $51,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.94% less than the national average, earning $42,757 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murugiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murugiah in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरुग | muruga | 75 |
| मुरूगाई | muruga'i | 25 |
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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 Murugiah
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