Mariken Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mariken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mariken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mariken (1,895) may also be a first name.

Mariken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mariken Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mariken (Marathi: मारीकेन) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mariken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mariken is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Mariken occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Mariken reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mariken is also the 174,636th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 1,895 people.

The surname Mariken is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 71 percent live and Gauteng, where 29 percent live. Apart from South Africa Mariken is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.

Mariken Last Name Statistics demography

Mariken earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.75% more than the national average, earning R 303,576 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mariken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mariken in the Marathi language
मारीकेनmarikena-

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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 Mariken
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