Marefu Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Marefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 246 | 1:215,210 | 18,004 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
Marefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marefu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Marefu.
How Common Is The Last Name Marefu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 930,678th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Marefu live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Marefu is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 215,210. In Tanzania Marefu is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matrefu | 92 | 45 | / |
| Mharefu | 92 | 16 | / |
| Mayrefu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mariefou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marofu | 83 | 425 | / |
| Marafu | 83 | 119 | / |
| Marifu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Merefu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Marifou | 77 | 44 | / |
| Marhafu | 77 | 23 | / |
| Mahrifu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marrafu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Masrifut | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mariffou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morofu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Morifu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Morafu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Merafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merifu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marafão | 62 | 7 | / |
| Morifou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mourofu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Morujfu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Moruifu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Merafuj | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mosrifu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Maravahu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Marrafão | 57 | 2 | / |
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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 Marefu
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