Muruku Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Muruku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muruku (73) may also be a first name.
Muruku Demographics
Muruku Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muruku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muruku is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muruku is the 1,551,568th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Muruku live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Muruku is also the 1,134,117th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 73 people.
The last name Muruku is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 659,713. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Muranga County, where 53 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 13 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
Muruku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Muruku surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Muruku
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