Marazu Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Marazu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marazu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1551:1,142,85746,821
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Marazu (152) may also be a first name.

Marazu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marazu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Marazu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Marazu.

How Common Is The Last Name Marazu? popularity and diffusion

Marazu is the 1,391,595th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Marazu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 152 people.

The last name Marazu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 24 percent live, Zamfara, where 20 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ecuador, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

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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 Marazu
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