Maraya Surname
Approximately 4,721 people bear this surname
Maraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,549 | 1:39,717 | 6,208 |
| Indonesia | 588 | 1:224,914 | 20,946 |
| Nigeria | 582 | 1:304,369 | 16,951 |
| Thailand | 214 | 1:330,086 | 57,008 |
| South Africa | 140 | 1:386,984 | 34,477 |
| Niger | 140 | 1:137,086 | 5,158 |
| India | 131 | 1:5,855,461 | 138,626 |
| Zimbabwe | 126 | 1:122,526 | 16,470 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Maraya (5,240) may also be a first name.
Maraya Demographics
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Maraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maraya (Hindi: मारया, Marathi: मारया, Oriya: ମାରୟା) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maraya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 100,129th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,543,645 people. The surname Maraya is mostly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Maraya reside; 71 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Maraya is also the 93,435th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,240 people.
This last name is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2,549 people, or 1 in 39,717. In The Philippines Maraya is most prevalent in: Eastern Visayas, where 40 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 20 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines it occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Maraya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Maraya has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maraya surname expanded 7,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maraya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Maraya surname are 15.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Maraya earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.42% less than the national average, earning R 127,320 per year and in United States they earn 7.07% less than the national average, earning $40,097 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maraya in the Marathi language | ||
| मारया | maraya | 87.31 |
| माराया | maraya | 3.73 |
| मराया | maraya | 2.24 |
| मौयर् | mauyar | 1.49 |
| मलया | malaya | 1.49 |
| मा-हया | ma-haya | 0.75 |
| महया | mahaya | 0.75 |
| मिरयस | mirayasa | 0.75 |
| मरया | maraya | 0.75 |
| रायात | rayata | 0.75 |
| Maraya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରୟା | maraya | 50 |
| ମାରାୟା | maraya | 50 |
| Maraya in the Hindi language | ||
| मारया | maraya | 40 |
| मरया | maraya | 40 |
| मौर्य | maurya | 20 |
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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 Maraya
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