Muruke Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Muruke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Muruke (17) may also be a first name.
Muruke Demographics
Average Muruke Salary in
South Africa
R 67,728
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Muruke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muruke is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muruke live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
Muruke is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania Muruke is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 86 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 11 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Muruke occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Muruke Last Name Statistics demography
Muruke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.5% less than the national average, earning R 67,728 per year.
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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 Muruke
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