Muruve Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Muruve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muruve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1121:472,69332,330
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Muruve Last Name Facts

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

Muruve occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muruve.

How Common Is The Last Name Muruve? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,252,959th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Muruve reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Muruve is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania Muruve is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 49 percent live, Arusha Region, where 46 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 16 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muruvee9227/
Muruvet922/
Muruvesh861/
Muruvi83626/
Murube83273/
Muruwe8361/
Muruva8318/
Murive832/
Muruvhi778/
Muruwei778/
Muruvha773/
Maurive772/
Murumpe772/
Muruvai772/
Murivhe771/
Murubet771/
Maurube771/
Muruvaja711/
Muruba67373/
Moruwe67239/
Murowe67205/
Murubi67162/
Muruwa67153/
Murobe6757/
Muruwi6726/
Morube6715/
Muriwe671/
Mouroubie671/
Murivi671/

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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 Muruve
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