Marava Surname
Approximately 1,806 people bear this surname
Marava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 955 | 1:16,166 | 2,337 |
| Cameroon | 342 | 1:60,728 | 7,792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 289 | 1:28,214 | 3,192 |
| India | 187 | 1:4,101,954 | 110,376 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Marava (1,778) may also be a first name.
Marava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marava (Arabic: ميرافا, Hindi: मरवा, Marathi: मरवा, Russian: Марава) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 225,102nd most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,035,186 people. The surname Marava occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Marava reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Marava is also the 181,418th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 1,778 people.
The last name Marava is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 16,166. In Zimbabwe Marava is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 57 percent live, Midlands Province, where 16 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marava in the Hindi language | ||
| मरवा | marava | 84.38 |
| मारवा | marava | 14.58 |
| मारवाड़ | maravara | 1.04 |
| Marava in the Marathi language | ||
| मरवा | marava | 57.69 |
| मारवा | marava | 38.46 |
| मरावा | marava | 3.85 |
| Marava in the Russian language | ||
| Марава | marava | - |
| Marava in the Arabic language | ||
| ميرافا | myrafa | - |
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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 Marava
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