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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murur? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. 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 prevalent forename in the world, held by 19 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea Murur is primarily found in: Madang, where 91 percent reside, Morobe, where 5 percent reside and National Capital District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent reside and Qatar, where 6 percent reside.

Murur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Murur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Murur surname expanded 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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