Murukan Surname
Approximately 5,191 people bear this surname
Murukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,988 | 1:153,782 | 9,671 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1:107,791 | 9,280 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Murukan (242,394) may also be a first name.
Murukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murukan (Hindi: मुरुकन, Marathi: मुरुकन) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murukan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 92,107th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,403,881 people. Murukan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Murukan live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Murukan is also the 4,334th most widespread forename on earth, held by 242,394 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 4,988 people, or 1 in 153,782. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 87 percent live, Kerala, where 12 percent live and Maharashtra, where 0 percent live. Outside of India this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live and Kuwait, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murukan in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरुकन | murukana | 50 |
| मुरूकन | murukana | 28.57 |
| मुरगन | muragana | 14.29 |
| मुरुकण | murukana | 7.14 |
| Murukan in the Hindi language | ||
| मुरुकन | murukana | 42.86 |
| मुरूकान | murukana | 28.57 |
| मुरूकन | murukana | 28.57 |
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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 Murukan
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