Murutala Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Murutala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murutala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2531:700,16932,315
Philippines441:2,300,869126,392

Murutala (208) may also be a first name.

Murutala Last Name Facts

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

Murutala is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murutala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 899,940th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Murutala are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Murutala is also the 627,410th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 208 people.

The last name Murutala is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 253 people, or 1 in 700,169. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 22 percent live, Zamfara, where 15 percent live and Sokoto, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Murutala exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 15 percent live.

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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 Murutala
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