Muruwa Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muruwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muruwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1321:116,95615,881
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Muruwa (16) may also be a first name.

Muruwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muruwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muruwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,415,499th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. Muruwa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Muruwa reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Muruwa is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 116,956. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 52 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mauruwa925/
Muruwau921/
Muruhwa921/
Mauruwai862/
Muruwaya861/
Mourouwa861/
Muruba83373/
Moruwa83291/
Muriwa83129/
Muruwe8361/
Muruwi8326/
Muruva8318/
Murueva77532/
Muriwai7772/
Moruwai7721/
Muruwei778/
Muruvha773/
Muruvai772/
Murubai771/
Morouwa771/
Muruwop771/
Muruvat771/
Murouba771/
Murowah771/
Murubhai719/
Murhueva711/
Mourouba711/
Muruvaja711/
Murroway710/
Muruvi67626/
Muriva67407/
Muriwo67335/
Moruwo67301/
Murube67273/
Moruwe67239/
Murowe67205/
Muruve67184/
Murubi67162/
Miruva6710/
Miriwa678/
Moruwi677/
Muruvo671/
Miruwo671/
Murruchua671/
Murowi671/

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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 Muruwa
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