Maraiwa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Maraiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maraiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maraiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maraiwa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maraiwa? popularity and diffusion
Maraiwa is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Maraiwa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Maraiwa are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 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
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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 Maraiwa
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