Marifa Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Marifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Indonesia | 245 | 1:539,793 | 43,593 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Marifa (2,773) may also be a first name.
Marifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Marifa (Arabic: ماريفه, Hindi: मारिफा, Marathi: मारीफा, Russian: Марифа) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Marifa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marifa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 535,476th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,105,558 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Marifa live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Marifa is also the 138,671st most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 2,773 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 41 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marifa in the Marathi language | ||
| मारीफा | maripha | - |
| Marifa in the Hindi language | ||
| मारिफा | maripha | 66.67 |
| मारीफा | maripha | 16.67 |
| मरिफा | maripha | 16.67 |
| Marifa in the Russian language | ||
| Марифа | marifa | - |
| Marifa in the Arabic language | ||
| ماريفه | maryfh | - |
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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 Marifa
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