Maera Surname
Approximately 1,427 people bear this surname
Maera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 558 | 1:82,760 | 7,606 |
| India | 378 | 1:2,029,273 | 69,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 235 | 1:65,695 | 9,890 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99 | 1:82,361 | 10,899 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 1:745,657 | 41,495 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Maera (2,655) may also be a first name.
Maera Demographics
Maera Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maera (Georgian: მაერა, Hindi: माएरा, Marathi: मेरे, Oriya: ମାଏରା, Russian: Маера) is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maera is the 272,669th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,106,900 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Maera live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Maera is also the 142,424th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 2,655 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 82,760. In Kenya Maera is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 80 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 11 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found.
Maera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maera in the Georgian language | ||
| მაერა | maera | - |
| Maera in the Marathi language | ||
| मेरे | mere | - |
| Maera in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଏରା | ma'era | 66.67 |
| ମଏରା | ma'era | 33.33 |
| Maera in the Hindi language | ||
| माएरा | ma'era | 50 |
| महरा | mahara | 50 |
| Maera in the Russian language | ||
| Маера | maera | - |
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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 Maera
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