Murunya Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Murunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 225 | 1:205,244 | 14,810 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Murunya (13) may also be a first name.
Murunya Demographics
Murunya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Murunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Murunya (Russian: Муруня) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murunya reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 205,244. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 88 percent live, Busia County, where 4 percent live and Kajiado County, where 4 percent live. Other than Kenya Murunya occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Murunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Murunya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Murunya in the Russian language | ||
| Муруня | muruna | - |
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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 Murunya
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