Marema Surname
Approximately 6,762 people bear this surname
Marema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,116 | 1:17,387 | 2,187 |
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Zimbabwe | 139 | 1:111,066 | 15,254 |
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| United States | 113 | 1:3,207,601 | 184,423 |
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| Kenya | 76 | 1:607,630 | 28,249 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
| Senegal | 29 | 1:502,736 | 2,173 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Lesotho | 19 | 1:106,977 | 11,319 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Marema (13,782) may also be a first name.
Marema Demographics
Marema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Marema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﻳﻢ, Hindi: मरेमा, Marathi: मारेमा) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 72,878th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,077,720 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Marema reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Marema is also the 49,187th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 13,782 people.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,116 people, or 1 in 17,387. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Limpopo, where 40 percent live and Free State, where 6 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 43 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Marema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Marema last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Marema last name are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70% being registered with the political party.
The amount Marema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.25% less than the national average, earning R 127,740 per year and in United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﻳﻢ | mrym | - |
| Marema in the Hindi language | ||
| मरेमा | marema | 99.82 |
| मारेमा | marema | 0.18 |
| Marema in the Marathi language | ||
| मारेमा | marema | 50 |
| मरेमा | marema | 33.33 |
| मरेमााहीम | maremaahima | 8.33 |
| िहरेमठ | iharematha | 8.33 |
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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 Marema
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