Murul Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Murul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
India141:54,790,384527,769
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Murul (554) may also be a first name.

Murul Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murul (Hindi: मुरुल, Marathi: मुरूळ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Murul click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murul? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Murul reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Murul is also the 357,521st most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 554 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 95 percent live and New Ireland, where 5 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 38 percent live and Bangladesh, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murule91323/
Murgul91161/
Murull911/
Musrul911/
Maurul911/
Murrull837/
Murault832/
Mujraul831/
Mouraul831/
Mourule831/
Morul80435/
Mirul80125/
Murol80103/
Murulova779/
Mourault775/
Muruchil774/
Mourgoul772/
Mouroule771/
Morhul73254/
Mirrul7351/
Maurol7330/
Miraul7329/
Morull732/
Moruil731/
Morzhul6743/
Mirhoul674/
Morrull671/
Mihrullh621/
Mürulova621/
Morol608,655/
Morhol5530/
Morzol5528/
Morrol5512/
Moroll552/
Morroll50102/
Mirzhol504/

Murul Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murul in the Marathi language
मुरूळmurula42.86
मुरुळmurula28.57
मुरुलmurula28.57
Murul in the Hindi language
मुरुलmurula37.5
मुरूलmurula31.25
मूरूलmurula25
मूरुलmurula6.25

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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 Murul
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