Marafa Surname
Approximately 19,448 people bear this surname
Marafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16,277 | 1:10,883 | 1,135 |
| Niger | 2,373 | 1:8,088 | 644 |
| Cameroon | 635 | 1:32,707 | 4,400 |
| Benin | 113 | 1:91,466 | 10,568 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Marafa (9,298) may also be a first name.
Marafa Demographics
Marafa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Marafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marafa (Bengali: মারফা, Marathi: मराफा, Russian: Марафа) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,654th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 374,720 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Marafa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,333rd most frequent forename world-wide, held by 9,298 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16,277 people, or 1 in 10,883. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 20 percent reside, Sokoto, where 18 percent reside and Kebbi, where 14 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Marafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Marafa last name is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marafa in the Bengali language | ||
| মারফা | marapha | - |
| Marafa in the Marathi language | ||
| मराफा | marapha | - |
| Marafa in the Russian language | ||
| Марафа | marafa | - |
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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 Marafa
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