Marefo Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Marefo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Marefo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marefo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marefo is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Marefo.
How Common Is The Last Name Marefo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Marefo is the 3,602,217th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Marefo is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Marefo reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marefos | 92 | 18 | / |
| Marrefo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mareufo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Marefuoe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mariefou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marreufo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marefa | 83 | 108 | / |
| Marafo | 83 | 62 | / |
| Morefo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Marefat | 77 | 1,279 | / |
| Marifou | 77 | 44 | / |
| Marrafo | 77 | 12 | / |
| Marrofo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Maarifo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mareffa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maarefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marrifo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marryfo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mareafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahrefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mareefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maarefat | 71 | 2,087 | / |
| Mahreefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marraffo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mariffou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morefoot | 71 | 0 | / |
| Marafa | 67 | 19,448 | / |
| Marofa | 67 | 2,117 | / |
| Marifa | 67 | 602 | / |
| Morafo | 67 | 185 | / |
| Morefa | 67 | 73 | / |
| Morofo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Merefa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Marofà | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Marefo
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