Murunga Surname
Approximately 14,575 people bear this surname
Murunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13,587 | 1:3,399 | 522 |
| Uganda | 763 | 1:51,166 | 6,182 |
| Zimbabwe | 123 | 1:125,514 | 16,775 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Murunga (2,471) may also be a first name.
Murunga Demographics
Murunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murunga (Marathi: मुरुंगा, Oriya: ମୁରୁା, Russian: Мурунга) is found in Kenya more 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 Murunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murunga is the 36,201st most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 500,003 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murunga live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Murunga is also the 148,700th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 2,471 people.
The last name Murunga is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 13,587 people, or 1 in 3,399. In Kenya Murunga is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 26 percent live, Bungoma County, where 24 percent live and Busia County, where 13 percent live. Other than Kenya Murunga exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Murunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Murunga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Murunga earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 48.62% less than the national average, earning $22,172 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murunga in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरुंगा | murunga | - |
| Murunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁରୁା | murua | 66.67 |
| ମୁରୂା | murua | 33.33 |
| Murunga in the Russian language | ||
| Мурунга | murunga | - |
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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 Murunga
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