Marhu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Marhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Marhu (394) may also be a first name.
Marhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Marhu (Hindi: मरहू, Marathi: म-हु) occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marhu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Marhu live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 435,477th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 394 people.
It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Marhu is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 55 percent are found, Western Cape, where 18 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Beside South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marhu in the Hindi language | ||
| मरहू | marahu | 78.57 |
| मरहु | marahu | 21.43 |
| Marhu in the Marathi language | ||
| म-हु | ma-hu | 42.86 |
| म-हू | ma-hu | 21.43 |
| महू | mahu | 14.29 |
| लहू | lahu | 7.14 |
| मा-हु | ma-hu | 7.14 |
| मन्हु | manhu | 7.14 |
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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 Marhu
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