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 last name Muruke occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. 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 held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muruke are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Muruke is also the 2,694,839th most common first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania Muruke is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 86 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 11 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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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