Marika Forename
11,329th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 88,628 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Estonia
Marika Forename User-submission:
Marika is a Slavic variant of Marica, an ancient name of uncertain etymology, probably derived from the Greek name of a wooded nymph. The meaning of Marika would therefore be 'shining maiden'.
It is also the Slavic form of the name Mary.
Marika Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 99% | 13,585 | 1:10,617 | 373 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,228 | 1:10,477 | 711 |
| Finland | 100% | 8,837 | 1:620 | 169 |
| Poland | 100% | 7,257 | 1:5,240 | 315 |
| Greece | 100% | 5,523 | 1:1,980 | 212 |
| Italy | 100% | 4,664 | 1:13,092 | 719 |
| Estonia | 100% | 4,297 | 1:306 | 51 |
| Georgia | 97% | 4,291 | 1:871 | 193 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3,446 | 1:607 | 121 |
| United States | 100% | 3,373 | 1:107,482 | 4,651 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,862 | 1:3,444 | 452 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,469 | 1:4,316 | 317 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,452 | 1:37,557 | 4,221 |
| Fiji | - | 1,209 | 1:738 | 131 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,174 | 1:14,397 | 1,545 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,132 | 1:29,270 | 2,348 |
| France | 100% | 1,018 | 1:65,295 | 1,769 |
| England | 100% | 992 | 1:56,051 | 2,561 |
| Austria | 100% | 834 | 1:10,209 | 637 |
| Albania | 100% | 771 | 1:3,951 | 788 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 759 | 1:9,210 | 957 |
| Latvia | 100% | 700 | 1:2,879 | 375 |
| Australia | - | 664 | 1:20,569 | 1,426 |
| Egypt | 85% | 586 | 1:156,828 | 6,244 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 461 | 1:17,817 | 1,337 |
| Abkhazia | 99% | 424 | 1:574 | 155 |
| Malta | - | 398 | 1:1,079 | 229 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 393 | 1:45,157 | 1,926 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 362 | 1:712,607 | 48,620 |
| Kenya | 72% | 340 | 1:136,197 | 6,385 |
| Belgium | 100% | 280 | 1:41,036 | 2,219 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 277 | 1:19,170 | 522 |
| Thailand | 100% | 261 | 1:268,451 | 15,837 |
| Serbia | 100% | 246 | 1:29,048 | 1,556 |
| Belarus | 99% | 240 | 1:39,510 | 547 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 233 | 1:132,131 | 3,534 |
| Mali | 67% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Japan | - | 191 | 1:670,084 | 12,635 |
| Philippines | 99% | 187 | 1:566,896 | 18,199 |
| Denmark | - | 178 | 1:31,739 | 1,478 |
| Romania | 100% | 168 | 1:119,357 | 4,995 |
| New Zealand | - | 161 | 1:28,174 | 1,914 |
| Zimbabwe | 78% | 150 | 1:102,825 | 7,407 |
| Hungary | 100% | 142 | 1:68,956 | 623 |
| Israel | 99% | 139 | 1:60,453 | 3,398 |
| India | 90% | 132 | 1:9,203,621 | 284,823 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 126 | 1:6,913 | 702 |
| Norway | 100% | 125 | 1:41,059 | 1,836 |
| Turkey | 100% | 105 | 1:740,969 | 8,585 |
| Croatia | 100% | 104 | 1:40,549 | 1,562 |
| Brazil | 100% | 102 | 1:2,100,354 | 43,529 |
| Spain | 100% | 95 | 1:489,789 | 6,280 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 88 | 1:92,640 | 8,562 |
| Armenia | 100% | 75 | 1:38,917 | 1,631 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 67 | 1:36,698 | 1,762 |
| Cambodia | 90% | 56 | 1:290,595 | 7,911 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| South Ossetia | 96% | 54 | 1:992 | 222 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 54 | 1:977,561 | 19,620 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 45 | 1:30,254 | 3,196 |
| Ireland | 100% | 44 | 1:105,535 | 2,547 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 44 | 1:127,899 | 3,571 |
| Moldova | - | 43 | 1:82,817 | 1,139 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 42 | 1:13,430 | 972 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 37 | 1:4,799,037 | 71,690 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 32 | 1:301,342 | 7,894 |
| Scotland | 100% | 30 | 1:178,346 | 3,310 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Guyana | 100% | 26 | 1:29,356 | 3,209 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 23 | 1:259,708 | 11,100 |
| Wales | 100% | 20 | 1:154,715 | 3,118 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 19 | 1:33,399 | 1,877 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 17 | 1:1,791,173 | 53,830 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 16 | 1:1,350,656 | 32,647 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Jordan | 100% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Iran | - | 11 | 1:7,136,079 | 23,336 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Uganda | 89% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Kosovo | - | 8 | 1:232,680 | 8,489 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Niger | 60% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Congo | 50% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Márika (6), Màrika (2) & Mārika (1) are calculated separately.
Marika (3,275) may also be a surname.
Marika Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Marika is a Slavic variant of Marica, an ancient name of uncertain etymology, probably derived from the Greek name of a wooded nymph. The meaning of Marika would therefore be 'shining maiden'.
It is also the Slavic form of the name Mary.
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Marika Demographics
Marika Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 221 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Marika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marika in the Russian language | ||
| Марика | marika | - |
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