Murakami is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Murakami
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Murakami

How popular is Murakami?

Murakami is common in Japan.

Murakami is ranked 1595 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Murakami bearers increased by 0.4614838 per cent in 2010 US census to 2830 since 2000, the surname slipped by 714 spots and ranked at 11174. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.15 83.21
Others 9.51 7.42
White 7.39 6.57
Hispanic or Latino 3.89 2.7
Murakami is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 339355 people have been found who wears Murakami as their family name. Murakami is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,377 South Korea6
2,403 Vietnam4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
7,683 Latvia3
78,945 Argentina3
2,113 Taiwan3
19,452 Malaysia3
1,500,361 India2
6,977 Tajikistan2
54,641 Sweden2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
24,766 Scotland2
4,367 Afghanistan2
65,594 Belgium2
7,790 Zambia1
18,969 Wales1
37,779 Serbia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
7,198 Maldives1
50,549 Georgia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
29,774 Venezuela1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
11,486 Estonia1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
15,705 Cameroon1
4,249 Cambodia1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
2,578 Guam1
20,172 Hungary1
6,212 Jamaica1
53,505 Turkey1
5,924 Paraguay1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
58,885 Poland1
16,228 Bulgaria1
9,591 Panama1
6,688 Malawi1
28,365 Kenya1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
28,564 Switzerland36
8,504 Ireland33
55,100 Spain33
20,103 Norway33
62,367 Kazakhstan33
17,920 New Zealand28
3,338 Thailand27
258,559 Indonesia24
49,545 Belarus20
2,892 China15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
54,892 Ukraine89
4,216 Singapore77
Countries with hundreds of Murakami:
17,255 Philippines838
13,857 Germany740
4,124 Peru684
10,151 Canada389
41,915 Russia350
2,955 Bolivia243
23,245 England215
50,564 France196
17,508 Australia149
1,845 Hong Kong130
8,701 Chile108
Countries with thousands of Murakami:
10,712 United States3,386
5,245 Mexico1,152
Countries with ten thousands of Murakami:
1,447 Brazil10,796
Countries with hundred thousands of Murakami:
31 Japan319,321
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Murakami Namesakes

  • Ai Murakami, Field Hockey player
  • Megumi Murakami, Singer
  • Artemio Murakami, Golfer
  • Kanako Murakami, Figure skater
  • Haruki Murakami, Writer
  • Haruki Murakami, Writer
  • Ayaka Murakami, Musical Artist
  • Brody Murakami, Musical Artist
  • Haruki Murakami, Writer
  • Jimmy T. Murakami, Animator
  • In 2013, Ryôko Murakami portrayed the role of Megumi Odajima in 0 flick Jukujo no iroka: Hôjun na hachimitsu.
  • Hitoshi Murakami played pivotal role of Akira in 2013 drama film Iya monogatari: Oku no hito.
  • In 1987 0 flick, Special onanie, Rei Murakami characterized N.
  • In 2010 comedy film, Handmade Angel, Yuri Murakami played N.
  • Jun Murakami, from 2019 family, sci-fi film Makuko, who characterized Dono.
  • Kenji Murakami, from 2014 comedy flick Piramekikoyaku Koi Monogatari: Koyaku ni akogareru subete no oyako no tame ni, who portrayed the N.

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