Murås Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Murås Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murås Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Norway51:1,028,45761,363

Murås Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murås is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Murås click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murås? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Murås are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 820,563. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Värmland County, where 50 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent are found and Halland County, where 17 percent are found. Not including Sweden Murås occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 29 percent are found.

Murås Last Name Statistics demography

Murås earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.38% less than the national average, earning 240,953 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maurås913/
Murs89177/
Meurs803,878/
Muers80227/
Mours80184/
Murse80106/
Maurs8092/
Murst8045/
Muirs8017/
Mursh8014/
Murss8011/
Muhrs801/
Muyrs800/
Murrs800/
Mursch73689/
Maursh7323/
Mourse7321/
Mirårs733/
Murshd732/
Murshe731/
Moutrs731/
Murszh731/
Mursht731/
Murrsh731/
Mhurst731/
Meurst730/
Mors672,553/
Mirs671,334/
Muersch6756/
Mursova6711/
Murx671/
Moutrss670/
Meursch670/

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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 Murås
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