Maaruf Surname
Approximately 11,443 people bear this surname
Maaruf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9,441 | 1:18,763 | 1,744 |
| Indonesia | 911 | 1:145,169 | 14,314 |
| Pakistan | 859 | 1:207,967 | 5,017 |
| Brunei | 62 | 1:6,754 | 919 |
| Tanzania | 47 | 1:1,126,417 | 46,452 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Maaruf (8,963) may also be a first name.
Maaruf Demographics
Maaruf Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Maaruf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maaruf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maaruf (Hindi: मारुफ, Marathi: मआरुफ, Russian: Мааруф) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maaruf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maaruf is the 45,353rd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 636,856 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Maaruf live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maaruf is also the 65,892nd most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 8,963 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,441 people, or 1 in 18,763. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Katsina, where 45 percent live, Kano, where 23 percent live and Borno, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 8 percent live.
Maaruf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Maaruf last name is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maaruf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maaruf in the Marathi language | ||
| मआरुफ | ma'arupha | - |
| Maaruf in the Hindi language | ||
| मारुफ | marupha | 50 |
| मशरूफ | masarupha | 50 |
| Maaruf in the Russian language | ||
| Мааруф | maaruf | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maaruf
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