Marapha Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Marapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Marapha (108) may also be a first name.
Marapha Demographics
Average Marapha Salary in
South Africa
R 25,056
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Marapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marapha (Marathi: माराफा, Oriya: ମାରଫା) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Marapha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marapha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Marapha is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Marapha is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Marapha live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 108 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Marapha is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 93 percent live and Far North Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Cameroon Marapha occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Marapha Last Name Statistics demography
Marapha earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.46% less than the national average, earning R 25,056 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marapha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marapha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରଫା | marapha | - |
| Marapha in the Marathi language | ||
| माराफा | marapha | - |
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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 Marapha
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