Marewa Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Marewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 482 | 1:274,376 | 24,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 127 | 1:121,561 | 16,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Marewa (124) may also be a first name.
Marewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marewa (Tibetan: མ་རི་ཝ་) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marewa? popularity and diffusion
Marewa is the 424,566th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Marewa are found; 46 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 46 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 836,439th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 124 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 274,376. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 53 percent live, Papua, where 20 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 10 percent live. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marewa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marewa in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་རི་ཝ་ | mariwa | - |
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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 Marewa
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