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 last name Mareja (Hindi: मरेजा, Marathi: मरेजा) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mareja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mareja is the 1,032,007th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Mareja reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 55 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 272,895. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Mareja
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