Marabiya Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Niger

Marabiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marabiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Marabiya (105) may also be a first name.

Marabiya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marabiya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Marabiya has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Marabiya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marabiya? popularity and diffusion

Marabiya is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Marabiya live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most frequent forename on earth, held by 105 people.

Marabiya is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Marabiya is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 25 percent live.

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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 Marabiya
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