Muruwe Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Muruwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muruwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muruwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muruwe is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Muruwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Muruwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,460,878th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Muruwe reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Muruwe is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Northern, where 93 percent are found and Morobe, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Muruwe exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muruwei | 92 | 8 | / |
| Muruw | 91 | 48 | / |
| Murube | 83 | 273 | / |
| Moruwe | 83 | 239 | / |
| Murowe | 83 | 205 | / |
| Muruve | 83 | 184 | / |
| Muruwa | 83 | 153 | / |
| Muruwi | 83 | 26 | / |
| Muriwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muruvee | 77 | 27 | / |
| Mauruwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Muruvet | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mourowe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maurube | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muruhwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mauruwai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muruwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mourouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muruvesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muruvi | 67 | 626 | / |
| Moruwa | 67 | 291 | / |
| Murubi | 67 | 162 | / |
| Morowe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Muruva | 67 | 18 | / |
| Moruwi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Murive | 67 | 2 | / |
| Murowi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Muruwe
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