Mareja Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Mareja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 194 | 1:272,895 | 21,498 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mareja (55) may also be a first name.
Mareja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mareja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mareja (Hindi: मरेजा, Marathi: मरेजा) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mareja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mareja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Mareja are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mareja is also the 1,336,256th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 55 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 272,895. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mareja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mareja in the Hindi language | ||
| मरेजा | mareja | - |
| Mareja in the Marathi language | ||
| मरेजा | mareja | - |
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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 Mareja
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