Murai is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Murai
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Murai

How popular is Murai?

Murai is common in Japan.

Murai is ranked 8405 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Murais grew by 27.80899 per cent to 455 since 2000 and ranked 46725 after elevating 7544 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 73.85 82.02
Others 11.65 6.74
White 7.69 7.58
Hispanic or Latino 4.4 2.53
Black 2.42 0
Murai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 64402 people have been found who wears Murai as their family name. Murai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
7,070 Guyana8
30,723 Georgia3
184,212 France3
90,215 Germany3
124,220 Italy2
5,300 Syria2
4,104 South Korea2
65,594 Belgium2
91,784 Netherlands2
26,123 Malaysia2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,640 Hong Kong1
38,830 Morocco1
24,176 Qatar1
49,529 Israel1
165,773 Belarus1
37,493 Austria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
30,360 Thailand1
49,101 Denmark1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
66,560 Philippines1
11,510 Oman1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
47,891 Norway1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
56,169 Mexico1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,159 Australia30
11,685 Singapore24
331,856 Russia21
6,298 Trinidad and Tobago15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,191 Zimbabwe92
42,464 Canada75
56,298 England65
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Murai:
49,668 United States536
2,757 Hungary458
32,282 Indonesia318
Countries with thousands of Murai:
2,090 Kenya2,746
30,835 India1,180
12,691 Brazil1,065
Countries with ten thousands of Murai:
315 Japan57,655
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Crescenzo Murai was 23 years old when he migrated to New York on May 16, 1892. He lived in Adriano, Italy where he worked as farmer and took Fulda from Genoa & Gibraltar.

Murai Namesakes

  • Kazusa Murai, Voice actress
  • Marie-Aude Murail, Writer
  • Ayumu Murai, Musical Artist
  • Ayumu Murai, Musical Artist
  • Kunio Murai, Actor
  • Katsuyuki Murai, Actor
  • Kazusa Murai, Voice actress
  • Katsuyuki Murai, Actor
  • Hiro Murai, Cinematographer
  • Kenjiro Murai, Musician
  • Hiroshi Murai portrayed central character of N in 1980 0 movie Henshitsu bôkôma.
  • In 1999, Tomomaru Murai portrayed the role of N in 0 flick Hatsujô midarezuma.

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