Murugian Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Murugian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murugian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia731:404,03021,053
Singapore471:117,1854,783
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Murugian (35) may also be a first name.

Murugian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murugian occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Murugian click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murugian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murugian is the 1,589,322nd most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Murugian reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 35 people.

The surname Murugian is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 404,030. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 33 percent live, Penang, where 22 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 12 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 37 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

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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 Murugian
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