Murugkar Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Wales

Murugkar Surname User-submission:

The Murugkar surname is associated with Dalit tribe. Originally the tribe lived off the land and then began taking any professions that came their way. These were mostly strenuous labor jobs. The word murugkar is also related to muruggi, which means 'drumstick tree', and people working in drumstick forests were called murugkar.

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Murugkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India691:11,116,890206,545
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Murugkar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Murugkar surname is associated with Dalit tribe. Originally the tribe lived off the land and then began taking any professions that came their way. These were mostly strenuous labor jobs. The word murugkar is also related to muruggi, which means 'drumstick tree', and people working in drumstick forests were called murugkar. Over the time the name was misspelled and took different forms such as Murudkar, Murukar, also called as lohars and Pagdikars.

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Murugkar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murugkar (Marathi: मुरूगकर) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murugkar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,168,711th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Murugkar live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Murugkar is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 11,116,890. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 57 percent reside, Telangana, where 19 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Beside India Murugkar occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Wales, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murukar9314/
Murudkar883,873/
Muruskar88121/
Murutkar8818/
Muraukar886/
Murukare885/
Muruukar884/
Murushkar821/
Murudkkar821/
Murikar802/
Mirukar802/
Murokar801/
Murukor801/
Morujkar754/
Mirikar67293/
Morokar6785/
Mirukor671/
Mirukhor6326/
Mourokor631/
Morokor531/
Morokhor501/

Murugkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murugkar in the Marathi language
मुरूगकरmurugakara55.56
मुरुगकरmurugakara44.44

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