Marah Forename
33,140th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 23,897 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Sierra Leone
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone
Marah Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘bitter’. Sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C.
Marah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,744 | 1:811 | 188 |
| Indonesia | 75% | 7,155 | 1:36,054 | 4,763 |
| Egypt | 92% | 1,236 | 1:74,354 | 3,729 |
| Israel | 95% | 1,125 | 1:7,469 | 1,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Philippines | 94% | 861 | 1:123,124 | 6,445 |
| Malawi | 100% | 825 | 1:20,742 | 1,867 |
| United States | 100% | 778 | 1:465,986 | 12,590 |
| India | 82% | 492 | 1:2,469,264 | 120,174 |
| Afghanistan | 90% | 227 | 1:143,716 | 4,227 |
| Iraq | 100% | 188 | 1:186,265 | 3,333 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 114 | 1:135,297 | 9,085 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 110 | 1:65,018 | 5,630 |
| Brazil | 100% | 99 | 1:2,164,002 | 44,443 |
| Niger | 86% | 87 | 1:220,506 | 6,023 |
| Zambia | - | 86 | 1:184,358 | 6,691 |
| Mexico | 100% | 83 | 1:1,495,716 | 10,116 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 81 | 1:2,192,153 | 42,730 |
| South Africa | 97% | 71 | 1:768,065 | 31,999 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65% | 54 | 1:150,969 | 13,227 |
| Canada | 100% | 54 | 1:613,581 | 14,922 |
| Sweden | 100% | 53 | 1:185,998 | 6,619 |
| Haiti | - | 53 | 1:202,395 | 9,037 |
| England | 90% | 42 | 1:1,323,879 | 19,785 |
| Malaysia | 69% | 38 | 1:801,314 | 30,264 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 35 | 1:5,553,077 | 51,090 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 26 | 1:650,080 | 13,961 |
| Syria | - | 25 | 1:772,243 | 3,029 |
| Liberia | 82% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Germany | 100% | 23 | 1:4,203,386 | 18,257 |
| Jordan | 100% | 21 | 1:420,323 | 3,578 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Iran | - | 16 | 1:4,906,054 | 19,171 |
| Australia | - | 8 | 1:1,707,203 | 16,445 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,958 | 978 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Singapore | 100% | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Spain | 100% | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| France | 100% | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Belgium | - | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Uganda | 50% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Italy | 95% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
The alternate forms: Maráh (1) are calculated separately.
Marah (34,938) may also be a surname.
Marah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘bitter’. Sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
May'-rah, bitterness. When the Israelites came out of Egypt, and had arrived at the desert of Etham, they found the water so bitter, that neither they nor their cattle could drink of it. Exod. xv. 23. On this account they gave the name of Marah to the encampment.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he rebelled: bitterness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Marah Forename Popularity
Marah Demographics
Average Marah Salary in
United States
$46,608 USD
Per year
Rank:
164,628 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000175271
Rank: 14,485 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.07%
Sample size: 310 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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