Marakau Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Marakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Marakau (16) may also be a first name.
Marakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marakau (Marathi: मरकउ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marakau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Marakau is the 2,293,424th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Marakau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Marakau live; 83 percent live in Oceania Islands and 83 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Marakau is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea Marakau is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 65 percent are found, Morobe, where 12 percent are found and New Ireland, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 16 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marakau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marakau in the Marathi language | ||
| मरकउ | maraka'u | 89.47 |
| मारकउ | maraka'u | 10.53 |
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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 Marakau
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