Muu Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Muu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea751:108,71614,715
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
Kenya581:796,20531,724
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
India291:26,450,530346,896
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
England121:4,643,172139,951
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Muu (811) may also be a first name.

Muu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muu (Hindi: मुू, Oriya: ମୁର୍ୁ, Russian: Муу) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Muu.

How Common Is The Last Name Muu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muu is the 833,931st most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 44 percent of Muu reside; 35 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 25 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Muu is also the 287,044th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 811 people.

The surname Muu is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 43 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 25 percent live and Western Highlands, where 17 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Kenya, where 18 percent live.

Muu Last Name Statistics demography

Muu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muuß8693/
Mauu8679/
Muui867/
Mguu866/
Muuh863/
Mhuu861/
Muuy861/
Mu801,028,966/
Muusz75107/
Muuyi7586/
Muuhs756/
Muudd754/
Mauou752/
Mmuua751/
Muuth751/
Muuha751/
Muudh751/
Mou671,415,785/
Mut6786,253/
Mau6766,892/
Mui6719,409/
Mus6713,845/
Muy6711,358/
Muh676,932/
Mud674,314/
Mue674,033/
Mux672,095/
Muj672,081/
Muz671,971/
Meu67838/
Mup67370/
Mgu67201/
Muç67107/
Muğ6799/
Mhu6783/
Muț6746/
Muľ6729/
Mmu6723/
Moouud6713/
Hmu6711/
Muś678/
Muš673/
Mậu671/
Muá671/
Muÿ671/
Mauuud671/

Muu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muu in the Oriya language
ମୁର୍ୁmuru-
Muu in the Hindi language
मुूmuu46.48
मूुmuu43.19
मुउmu'u4.23
मुाुmuau2.35
मुुmuu1.41
Muu in the Russian language
Мууmuu-

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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
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  • 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 Muu
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