Muruiki Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Muruiki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Muruiki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruiki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muruiki is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruiki? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muruiki reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Muruiki is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 669,274. In Kenya Muruiki is most numerous in: Kirinyaga County, where 88 percent live, Laikipia County, where 6 percent live and Baringo County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 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
- 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 Muruiki
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