Murungan Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Murungan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 278 | 1:190,437 | 16,384 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Murungan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murungan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murungan (Marathi: मुरुंगन) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murungan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murungan live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 190,437. In Tanzania Murungan is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 100 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murunghan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Murungane | 94 | 1 | / |
| Murugan | 93 | 30,690 | / |
| Murunan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Murughan | 88 | 68 | / |
| Murrugan | 88 | 8 | / |
| Muruggan | 88 | 5 | / |
| Murugang | 88 | 4 | / |
| Murugain | 88 | 4 | / |
| Murougan | 88 | 3 | / |
| Murugaan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Murugamn | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murunain | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murugasn | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mmurugan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murugasen | 82 | 365 | / |
| Mourougan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Murugam | 80 | 148 | / |
| Morugan | 80 | 71 | / |
| Murogan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mourougane | 78 | 112 | / |
| Murugassen | 78 | 3 | / |
| Muruggam | 75 | 4 | / |
| Murugaim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murongon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murugham | 75 | 1 | / |
| Morugann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Murugasem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mourougassin | 70 | 3 | / |
| Morogan | 67 | 604 | / |
| Murugon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morougan | 63 | 7 | / |
| Murugond | 63 | 3 | / |
| Morongon | 63 | 2 | / |
| Moroghan | 63 | 0 | / |
| Mooroogan | 59 | 105 | / |
| Moroughan | 59 | 52 | / |
| Morugán | 53 | 4 | / |
| Murogon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Múrùgañ | 53 | 1 | / |
| Moronon | 53 | 1 | / |
Murungan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murungan in the Marathi language | ||
| मुरुंगन | murungana | - |
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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 Murungan
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