Murur Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Murur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea571:143,04819,694
India271:28,409,829361,298
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Murur (19) may also be a first name.

Murur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Murur (Hindi: मुरूर, Marathi: मुरुर) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murur? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,931,261st most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Murur occurs mostly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Murur are found; 61 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 61 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 19 people.

The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea Murur is most frequent in: Madang, where 91 percent live, Morobe, where 5 percent live and National Capital District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent live and Qatar, where 6 percent live.

Murur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Murur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Murur last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murure9123/
Murgur917/
Musrur915/
Muirur914/
Maurur911/
Muruir911/
Mhurure83110/
Murrure8330/
Mourour834/
Muiruir831/
Muttrur831/
Meureur831/
Muirure831/
Morur8055/
Mirur8037/
Muror804/
Mouroure771/
Muroor7323/
Murror737/
Murhor731/
Mirrur731/
Mauror731/
Mouror730/
Mauroor671/
Moror6043/
Mireur55242/
Moraur557/
Morror552/
Morour552/
Mirour551/
Morzor551/
Moorour5032/
Mirahur505/

Murur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murur in the Marathi language
मुरुरmurura66.67
मुरूरmurura33.33
Murur in the Hindi language
मुरूरmurura50
मुरुरmurura50

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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 Murur
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