Murukiah Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Murukiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murukiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Murukiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murukiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Murukiah is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murukiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Murukiah occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Murukiah live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Murukiah is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Murukiah is mostly concentrated in: Malacca, where 50 percent live, Johor, where 25 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent live. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 38 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murukia932/
Murukaiyah897/
Murukaiya8218/
Murucjiah821/
Murukhaiya781/
Muirikia751/
Morukhia751/
Murahukya7110/
Murukayya711/
Murokya672/
Morokia672/
Murikio671/
Mirukhojia671/
Morokhia63109/
Mauriquio591/
Mirikojia591/
Mirikhojia5668/
Mirikhajia566/
Murikeo531/
Mirikio531/

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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 Murukiah
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