Maraisa Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Maraisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 66 | 1:820,874 | 55,153 |
| Lesotho | 44 | 1:46,194 | 7,453 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maraísa (2) are calculated separately.
Maraisa (4,158) may also be a first name.
Maraisa Demographics
Average Maraisa Salary in
South Africa
R 136,884
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maraisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maraisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maraisa (Marathi: मरईसा) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Maraísa. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maraisa? popularity and diffusion
Maraisa is the 1,478,479th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Maraisa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Maraisa live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 107,738th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 4,158 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 30 percent live and North West, where 24 percent live. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 31 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Maraisa Last Name Statistics demography
Maraisa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.4% less than the national average, earning R 136,884 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maraisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maraisa in the Marathi language | ||
| मरईसा | mara'isa | - |
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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 Maraisa
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