Mareisi Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mareisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mareisi (8) may also be a first name.
Mareisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mareisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mareisi is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mareisi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mareisi is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mareisi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.
The last name Mareisi is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 406,512. In Lesotho Mareisi is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 100 percent live. Barring Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 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
- 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 Mareisi
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