Murwira Surname
Approximately 6,625 people bear this surname
Murwira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6,489 | 1:2,379 | 155 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Murwira (183) may also be a first name.
Murwira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murwira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murwira occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Murwira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Murwira is the 74,228th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,100,007 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murwira live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 673,127th most common first name in the world, held by 183 people.
The surname Murwira is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 6,489 people, or 1 in 2,379. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 24 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Murwira
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