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
Murwira is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murwira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,228th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,100,007 people. The last name Murwira 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 widely held first name world-wide It is held by 183 people.
The last name Murwira is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6,489 people, or 1 in 2,379. In Zimbabwe Murwira is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 24 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Murwira occurs in 15 countries. It is also common 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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