Mari Forename
2,866th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 362,595 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria
Mari Forename Definition:
The Irish form of Maria, Mary.
Mari Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | - | 73,984 | 1:261 | 40 |
| United States | 100% | 34,733 | 1:10,438 | 1,106 |
| India | 59% | 31,136 | 1:39,018 | 5,390 |
| Japan | 100% | 22,453 | 1:5,700 | 788 |
| Indonesia | 93% | 17,772 | 1:14,515 | 2,055 |
| Finland | 100% | 16,326 | 1:336 | 98 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15,034 | 1:14,250 | 1,460 |
| Russia | 100% | 11,259 | 1:12,811 | 415 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11,231 | 1:11,054 | 909 |
| Norway | 100% | 8,690 | 1:591 | 158 |
| Niger | 75% | 8,002 | 1:2,397 | 352 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7,118 | 1:6,712 | 702 |
| Spain | - | 6,434 | 1:7,232 | 614 |
| Philippines | 93% | 6,312 | 1:16,795 | 1,881 |
| Georgia | 92% | 5,400 | 1:692 | 158 |
| Yemen | - | 5,237 | 1:5,021 | 500 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,139 | 1:1,918 | 305 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 4,321 | 1:17,086 | 1,480 |
| Nigeria | 71% | 3,699 | 1:48,003 | 3,569 |
| South Africa | 97% | 3,670 | 1:14,859 | 2,261 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,638 | 1:8,739 | 1,057 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,399 | 1:8,886 | 987 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 3,324 | 1:5,085 | 774 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,982 | 1:441 | 86 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2,929 | 1:66,356 | 3,447 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,686 | 1:6,600 | 643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 2,325 | 1:3,506 | 385 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2,284 | 1:1,278 | 261 |
| Argentina | 98% | 2,205 | 1:19,398 | 907 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1,718 | 1:662 | 178 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,466 | 1:108,773 | 7,125 |
| England | 100% | 1,454 | 1:38,241 | 1,970 |
| Jordan | 51% | 1,443 | 1:6,117 | 670 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,365 | 1:25,164 | 1,416 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,263 | 1:48,347 | 1,326 |
| Thailand | 98% | 1,201 | 1:58,340 | 5,976 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Mali | 79% | 1,160 | 1:14,636 | 1,129 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,055 | 1:31,406 | 2,464 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,038 | 1:10,049 | 1,186 |
| Egypt | 77% | 998 | 1:92,085 | 4,309 |
| Cameroon | 74% | 953 | 1:22,676 | 1,929 |
| Lebanon | 79% | 918 | 1:6,130 | 801 |
| Senegal | 94% | 856 | 1:17,034 | 1,073 |
| Wales | 100% | 817 | 1:3,787 | 518 |
| France | 90% | 808 | 1:82,265 | 1,991 |
| Poland | 86% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Benin | 100% | 779 | 1:13,576 | 1,664 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 761 | 1:9,510 | 951 |
| Portugal | - | 756 | 1:13,771 | 755 |
| Germany | 97% | 755 | 1:128,050 | 2,430 |
| Turkey | 100% | 689 | 1:112,920 | 3,371 |
| Romania | 100% | 666 | 1:30,108 | 1,965 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 666 | 1:5,147 | 501 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 640 | 1:48,104 | 1,881 |
| Kuwait | - | 627 | 1:6,037 | 764 |
| Honduras | 100% | 604 | 1:14,598 | 1,226 |
| Greece | 100% | 553 | 1:19,773 | 984 |
| Belarus | 98% | 506 | 1:18,740 | 338 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 487 | 1:36,441 | 1,718 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 444 | 1:68,581 | 5,271 |
| Guatemala | 95% | 417 | 1:38,629 | 1,507 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 408 | 1:25,984 | 1,580 |
| Scotland | 100% | 406 | 1:13,178 | 801 |
| Palestine | 95% | 365 | 1:12,466 | 892 |
| Australia | - | 362 | 1:37,728 | 2,023 |
| Iraq | 100% | 338 | 1:103,603 | 2,494 |
| Taiwan | 53% | 319 | 1:74,513 | 9,826 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 311 | 1:19,352 | 1,490 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 305 | 1:11,640 | 715 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Bulgaria | 93% | 280 | 1:24,966 | 1,731 |
| Denmark | - | 261 | 1:21,646 | 1,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 69% | 260 | 1:59,322 | 4,912 |
| Burkina Faso | 96% | 249 | 1:73,813 | 4,456 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 240 | 1:17,063 | 1,278 |
| Panama | 100% | 222 | 1:17,597 | 1,838 |
| Oman | 100% | 216 | 1:19,022 | 1,675 |
| Cuba | - | 213 | 1:54,021 | 1,605 |
| Uganda | 92% | 203 | 1:201,758 | 6,952 |
| Chile | 95% | 193 | 1:91,229 | 2,431 |
| Belgium | 100% | 191 | 1:60,157 | 2,681 |
| Congo | 97% | 168 | 1:29,817 | 2,690 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| New Zealand | - | 154 | 1:29,455 | 1,969 |
| Albania | 98% | 153 | 1:19,912 | 2,546 |
| Qatar | 53% | 143 | 1:16,571 | 2,482 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 134 | 1:53,373 | 4,822 |
| Ireland | 100% | 124 | 1:37,448 | 1,391 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 118 | 1:69,606 | 2,607 |
| Kenya | 52% | 117 | 1:395,787 | 12,174 |
| Iran | - | 106 | 1:740,536 | 7,341 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 105 | 1:45,409 | 2,099 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Kosovo | - | 90 | 1:20,683 | 2,319 |
| Abkhazia | 86% | 83 | 1:2,933 | 418 |
| Singapore | 75% | 83 | 1:75,748 | 7,077 |
| Hungary | 100% | 76 | 1:128,839 | 826 |
| Afghanistan | 93% | 70 | 1:466,050 | 8,041 |
| Azerbaijan | 96% | 61 | 1:158,081 | 5,686 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 60 | 1:91,214 | 1,049 |
| El Salvador | - | 57 | 1:111,259 | 2,222 |
| Moldova | 100% | 56 | 1:63,592 | 1,005 |
| Croatia | 100% | 55 | 1:76,674 | 2,164 |
| Austria | 100% | 51 | 1:166,945 | 2,740 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| South Ossetia | 85% | 45 | 1:1,190 | 260 |
| Ivory Coast | 68% | 44 | 1:524,453 | 19,218 |
| China | - | 43 | 1:31,768,739 | 61,161 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 39 | 1:17,356 | 1,376 |
| Hong Kong | - | 38 | 1:204,019 | 3,280 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 36 | 1:68,299 | 2,406 |
| Latvia | 67% | 34 | 1:59,284 | 1,483 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Serbia | 100% | 33 | 1:216,537 | 3,696 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 31 | 1:95,222 | 1,463 |
| Namibia | - | 31 | 1:77,554 | 3,985 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 30 | 1:199,109 | 9,657 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:20,748 | 1,664 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 24 | 1:36,295 | 1,736 |
| Nepal | 83% | 24 | 1:1,186,973 | 23,750 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Czechia | 77% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Guinea | - | 19 | 1:624,139 | 3,074 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Liberia | 100% | 17 | 1:259,533 | 8,550 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Ukraine | - | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| Lesotho | 82% | 16 | 1:127,500 | 10,294 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 16 | 1:29,727 | 585 |
| Israel | 100% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Haiti | 100% | 12 | 1:893,913 | 14,160 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Tanzania | 60% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Luxembourg | - | 6 | 1:94,008 | 2,618 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Marshall Islands | 80% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Grenada | - | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Marí (58), Mári (15), Märi (6), Maří (87), Máři (2), Màrî (1) & Máří (16) are calculated separately.
Mari (178,431) may also be a surname.
Mari Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Irish form of Maria, Mary.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Mari Forename Popularity
Mari Demographics
Mari Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 5,930 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Mari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mari in the Russian language | ||
| Мари | mari | - |
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