Mururia Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Mururia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mururia (15) may also be a first name.
Mururia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mururia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mururia is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mururia? popularity and diffusion
Mururia is the 1,202,518th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Mururia is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mururia reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mururia is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.
Mururia is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 239,274. In Kenya Mururia is mostly concentrated in: Kirinyaga County, where 45 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 32 percent reside and Muranga County, where 24 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mururia
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