Murwi Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Murwi (14) may also be a first name.

Murwi Last Name Facts

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

Murwi is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murwi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murwi is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Murwi occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Murwi live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Murwi is also the 3,024,661st most common first name internationally It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 57 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 39 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Murwi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murwis9117/
Murwai9111/
Murwith830/
Murwa80943/
Murui80130/
Murvi8070/
Murwe8043/
Murbi8041/
Murrweiß7737/
Murvai731,203/
Mmurwa73149/
Murway7373/
Mirwai7353/
Murvoi7343/
Murbiy7337/
Murbii7334/
Murhwa7321/
Murwej738/
Mhurwa737/
Maurui734/
Murwaa734/
Muirui733/
Muruip732/
Murvit732/
Murvis732/
Mourwe732/
Muirwe732/
Murvie732/
Murbei731/
Murwed731/
Mmurwe731/
Mourui731/
Murzwa731/
Murrwa731/
Morwoi731/
Murrweiss717/
Murveit6731/
Murwaha6717/
Murvich6715/
Mauruis675/
Murouhi672/
Murwaya672/
Murwaja672/
Mourbih671/
Murvais671/
Murweet671/
Mausrui671/
Mourbai671/
Muruayi671/

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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 Murwi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis