Murutu Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Murutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5991:77,0957,186
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murutu (95) may also be a first name.

Murutu Last Name Facts

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

Murutu (Marathi: मुरुतु, Oriya: ମୁରୁତୁ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murutu? popularity and diffusion

Murutu is the 523,789th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Murutu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Murutu is also the 974,243rd most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 95 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 599 people, or 1 in 77,095. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 75 percent live, Kakamega County, where 12 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Murutu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murutuj925/
Murutau923/
Murautu921/
Murgutu921/
Mauruttu861/
Muritu831,999/
Morutu8318/
Murotu834/
Murittu7795/
Moroutu7725/
Morrautu714/
Morotu673/
Miritu671/
Muritau624/
Mhiritu621/
Murrothu573/
Morotó501/

Murutu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murutu in the Oriya language
ମୁରୁତୁmurutu-
Murutu in the Marathi language
मुरुतुmurutu-

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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 Murutu
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