Marite Surname
Approximately 1,289 people bear this surname
Marite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 610 | 1:88,816 | 10,886 |
| Kenya | 302 | 1:152,914 | 12,145 |
| Lesotho | 209 | 1:9,725 | 2,203 |
| Tanzania | 76 | 1:696,600 | 40,185 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Marité (6) are calculated separately.
Marite (6,866) may also be a first name.
Marite Demographics
Marite Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Marite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Marite (Georgian: მარიტე, Marathi: मारुित, Russian: Марите) occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as: Marité. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marite? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 295,816th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,653,643 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Marite are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,577th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 6,866 people.
Marite is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 610 people, or 1 in 88,816. In South Africa Marite is most common in: Gauteng, where 55 percent are found, Free State, where 16 percent are found and North West, where 14 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Lesotho, where 16 percent are found.
Marite Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Marite earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.58% less than the national average, earning R 183,972 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marite Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marite in the Georgian language | ||
| მარიტე | marite | - |
| Marite in the Marathi language | ||
| मारुित | maruita | 50 |
| मारीते | marite | 50 |
| Marite in the Russian language | ||
| Марите | marite | - |
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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 Marite
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