Marakai Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Marakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| French Polynesia | 49 | 1:5,731 | 1,283 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Marakai (121) may also be a first name.
Marakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marakai occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marakai? popularity and diffusion
Marakai is the 1,544,715th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Marakai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Marakai live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 848,089th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 121 people.
Marakai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 25 percent reside, Gulf, where 20 percent reside and Morobe, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in French Polynesia, where 37 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 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 Marakai
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