Maereka Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Maereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 482 | 1:32,030 | 4,953 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maereka is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maereka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 625,459th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Maereka live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Maereka is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 32,030. In Zimbabwe Maereka is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent reside, Harare Province, where 23 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Maereka
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