Murui Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Murui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Japan | 19 | 1:6,728,647 | 42,320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Murui (945) may also be a first name.
Murui Demographics
Murui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murui (Hindi: मुरुई, Marathi: मुरूई) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murui? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,573,888th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Murui live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Murui is also the 262,830th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 945 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya Murui is mostly found in: Meru County, where 90 percent are found, Muranga County, where 4 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Murui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Murui surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murui in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरूई | muru'i | - |
| Murui in the Hindi language | ||
| मुरुई | muru'i | 66.67 |
| मुरूई | muru'i | 33.33 |
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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 Murui
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