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

The surname Marazu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marazu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,391,595th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname Marazu is mostly 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 prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 152 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria Marazu is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 24 percent are found, Zamfara, where 20 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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