Murunde Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Murunde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murunde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Murunde Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murunde (Marathi: मुरुन्दे) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murunde? popularity and diffusion

Murunde is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Murunde live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Murunde is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Murunde is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 44 percent reside, Kwale County, where 11 percent reside and Makueni County, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.

Murunde Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murgunde9352/
Mgurunde936/
Murhunde931/
Muronde86277/
Murunda86216/
Murundi86135/
Mirunde862/
Murgundi8017/
Murhunda804/
Murhonde801/
Mouroundi7527/
Muronda712,709/
Murondi71434/
Mirundi71415/
Moronde711/
Murungyi6736/
Murondhi675/
Morondea673/
Morondei672/
Murhonda671/
Mourondi671/
Mirundhi671/
Morondi57174/
Moronda5726/
Mirhindi531/
Morondai531/

Murunde Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murunde in the Marathi language
मुरुन्देmurunde50
मरकुंडेmarakunde50

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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 Murunde
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