Mari Surname
Approximately 178,431 people bear this surname
Mari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 26,506 | 1:728 | 91 |
| Pakistan | 23,119 | 1:7,727 | 633 |
| Yemen | 13,515 | 1:1,955 | 301 |
| India | 13,130 | 1:58,421 | 4,000 |
| Lebanon | 12,095 | 1:466 | 71 |
| Italy | 12,034 | 1:5,082 | 584 |
| Jordan | 9,819 | 1:901 | 124 |
| Spain | 8,975 | 1:5,209 | 646 |
| Iraq | 7,090 | 1:4,940 | 494 |
| Palestine | 6,266 | 1:726 | 85 |
| Niger | 4,591 | 1:4,180 | 395 |
| Philippines | 4,399 | 1:23,014 | 3,014 |
| Indonesia | 3,981 | 1:33,220 | 3,901 |
| France | 3,830 | 1:17,343 | 1,911 |
| Nigeria | 2,663 | 1:66,520 | 4,865 |
| Argentina | 2,367 | 1:18,058 | 1,545 |
| United States | 2,367 | 1:153,130 | 15,705 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,987 | 1:4,104 | 224 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| Russia | 1,241 | 1:116,135 | 13,967 |
| Brazil | 1,141 | 1:187,620 | 7,241 |
| Zimbabwe | 989 | 1:15,610 | 2,206 |
| Greece | 956 | 1:11,590 | 1,519 |
| United Arab Emirates | 897 | 1:10,214 | 1,280 |
| South Africa | 829 | 1:65,353 | 8,211 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Kenya | 515 | 1:89,670 | 8,074 |
| Kuwait | 482 | 1:7,885 | 1,093 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Puerto Rico | 372 | 1:9,543 | 497 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Malaysia | 342 | 1:86,240 | 6,025 |
| Taiwan | 320 | 1:73,265 | 752 |
| Cuba | 286 | 1:40,289 | 1,814 |
| Canada | 257 | 1:143,368 | 14,728 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Hungary | 227 | 1:43,244 | 4,613 |
| Mexico | 224 | 1:554,135 | 9,527 |
| Uruguay | 224 | 1:15,320 | 1,733 |
| Germany | 214 | 1:376,194 | 35,529 |
| Qatar | 209 | 1:11,282 | 1,235 |
| Peru | 190 | 1:167,285 | 8,420 |
| England | 189 | 1:294,805 | 22,579 |
| Romania | 152 | 1:132,091 | 14,378 |
| Venezuela | 149 | 1:202,712 | 5,477 |
| Cameroon | 143 | 1:145,238 | 16,093 |
| Japan | 141 | 1:906,697 | 19,182 |
| Switzerland | 139 | 1:59,086 | 7,409 |
| Netherlands | 126 | 1:134,025 | 20,684 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Australia | 119 | 1:226,855 | 21,510 |
| Botswana | 110 | 1:19,881 | 3,945 |
| Uganda | 103 | 1:379,022 | 24,191 |
| Kazakhstan | 99 | 1:178,611 | 17,118 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Georgia | 97 | 1:38,614 | 5,450 |
| Belgium | 94 | 1:122,305 | 17,923 |
| Albania | 91 | 1:32,023 | 4,904 |
| Lesotho | 86 | 1:23,634 | 4,787 |
| Solomon Islands | 83 | 1:6,988 | 1,066 |
| Benin | 64 | 1:161,494 | 16,390 |
| Thailand | 64 | 1:1,103,724 | 164,273 |
| Estonia | 61 | 1:21,669 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 51 | 1:140,097 | 9,935 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Armenia | 50 | 1:58,604 | 2,669 |
| Chile | 44 | 1:400,374 | 10,831 |
| Belarus | 41 | 1:231,733 | 28,176 |
| Austria | 38 | 1:224,090 | 27,245 |
| Ireland | 36 | 1:130,804 | 6,280 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 1:1,072,125 | 15,755 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Oman | 8 | 1:460,996 | 5,668 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Transnistria | 6 | 1:79,116 | 10,859 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Marí (304) & Mári (290) are calculated separately.
Mari (362,595) may also be a first name.
Mari Demographics
Average Mari Salary in
United States
$43,659 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mari (Bengali: মারী, Georgian: მარი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺭﻱ, Hindi: मारी, Marathi: मारी, Oriya: ମାରି, Russian: Мари, Tibetan: མ་རི་) is most common in Syria. It may also appear as a variant: Marí or Mári. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mari? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,157th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,842 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Mari are found; 43 percent are found in West Asia and 35 percent are found in Levant. Mari is also the 2,866th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 362,595 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Syria, where it is borne by 26,506 people, or 1 in 728. In Syria it is most common in: Damascus Governorate, where 17 percent are found, Aleppo Governorate, where 14 percent are found and Latakia Governorate, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Syria it is found in 159 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 13 percent are found and Yemen, where 8 percent are found.
Mari Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mari has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mari surname increased 10,291 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 18,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,800 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Mari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mari surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Georgia, Orthodox (93%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Sunni (40%) in Lebanon, Muslim (83%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mari surname are 7.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mari earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 5.02% less than the national average, earning €28,523 per year; in Peru they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,673 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.16% less than the national average, earning R 222,996 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.4% more than the national average, earning $27,333,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $43,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.52% more than the national average, earning $57,893 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mari in the Georgian language | ||
| მარი | mari | - |
| Mari in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་རི་ | mari | - |
| Mari in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺭﻱ | mary | 80.23 |
| ﻣﺎﺭﻯ | mary | 12.79 |
| ﻣﺮﻱ | mry | 3.49 |
| ﻣﺎﺭ | mar | 1.16 |
| ﻣﺮﻯ | mry | 1.16 |
| Mari in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରି | mari | 74.66 |
| ମାରୀ | mari | 17.43 |
| ମରି | mari | 4.41 |
| ମରୀ | mari | 1.1 |
| େମରୀ | emari | 0.19 |
| ମାଝୀ | majhi | 0.06 |
| େମରି | emari | 0.06 |
| Mari in the Hindi language | ||
| मारी | mari | 56.46 |
| मरी | mari | 26.26 |
| कुमारी | kumari | 2.84 |
| मरियम | mariyama | 2.84 |
| मरि | mari | 2.63 |
| मार्इ | mar'i | 1.75 |
| मणि | mani | 1.75 |
| मारि | mari | 1.31 |
| मेरी | meri | 0.88 |
| मड़ी | mari | 0.66 |
| मैरी | mairi | 0.44 |
| माड़ी | mari | 0.44 |
| माडी | madi | 0.22 |
| मर्री | marri | 0.22 |
| पारी | pari | 0.22 |
| मार्ई | mar'i | 0.22 |
| Mari in the Marathi language | ||
| मारी | mari | 54.06 |
| मरी | mari | 44.83 |
| मेारी | meari | 0.1 |
| मर | mara | 0.1 |
| मार | mara | 0.05 |
| ईमरी | imari | 0.05 |
| मारोी | maroi | 0.05 |
| Mari in the Bengali language | ||
| মারী | mari | 51.16 |
| মারি | mari | 32.56 |
| মেরী | meri | 6.98 |
| মরি | mari | 4.65 |
| মরী | mari | 2.33 |
| মেরি | meri | 2.33 |
| Mari in the Russian language | ||
| Мари | mari | - |
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Mari Reference & Research
Marin DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Marin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Mari
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