Maraja Surname
Approximately 2,702 people bear this surname
Maraja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,482 | 1:309,051 | 17,298 |
| Indonesia | 105 | 1:1,259,516 | 88,308 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Marajá (4) are calculated separately.
Maraja (445) may also be a first name.
Maraja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maraja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maraja is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Marajá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maraja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 161,218th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,697,093 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Maraja reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 406,288th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 445 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 2,482 people, or 1 in 309,051. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent live, Gujarat, where 0 percent live and Telangana, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account India Maraja occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 1 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 Maraja
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