Muruiri Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Muruiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Muruiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muruiri is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruiri? popularity and diffusion
Muruiri is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Muruiri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Muruiri reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Muruiri is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Muruiri is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 33 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 33 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Muruiri
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