Murungan Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Murungan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murungan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2781:190,43716,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

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

Murungan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murungan in the Marathi language
मुरुंगनmurungana-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis