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 has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murwira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 74,228th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,100,007 people. The last name Murwira is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Murwira reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Murwira is also the 673,127th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 183 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6,489 people, or 1 in 2,379. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 24 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe Murwira occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Murwira
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