Muruny Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Muruny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Muruny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muruny is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Muruny click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruny? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muruny live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Muruny is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muruni | 83 | 278 | / |
| Muruna | 83 | 121 | / |
| Murune | 83 | 8 | / |
| Murony | 83 | 6 | / |
| Muriny | 83 | 0 | / |
| Murungeyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murungi | 77 | 27,177 | / |
| Murauni | 77 | 362 | / |
| Murruni | 77 | 195 | / |
| Murugni | 77 | 100 | / |
| Murinyi | 77 | 68 | / |
| Murunni | 77 | 45 | / |
| Murunge | 77 | 14 | / |
| Murueni | 77 | 9 | / |
| Murunje | 77 | 8 | / |
| Murunne | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mourony | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muruina | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muhruni | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mauruna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Murunei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muroney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mauruni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muhrune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Murouni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muruini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Murutni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moruney | 77 | 0 | / |
| Maurony | 77 | 0 | / |
| Murrony | 77 | 0 | / |
| Muruń | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maurunge | 71 | 42 | / |
| Morouney | 71 | 28 | / |
| Muurungi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mourouna | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mourouni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Muirungi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Murooney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muruingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murungeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murhinyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouroune | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murgunne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murone | 67 | 535 | / |
| Morony | 67 | 431 | / |
| Morune | 67 | 265 | / |
| Miruni | 67 | 184 | / |
| Murine | 67 | 110 | / |
| Moruna | 67 | 84 | / |
| Moruni | 67 | 63 | / |
| Murona | 67 | 10 | / |
| Murrooney | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- 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 Muruny
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