Maroua Surname
Approximately 2,073 people bear this surname
Maroua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,193 | 1:28,899 | 4,618 |
| Cameroon | 555 | 1:37,422 | 5,006 |
| Niger | 231 | 1:83,082 | 3,578 |
| Tunisia | 42 | 1:14,539 | 2,384 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maroua (14,920) may also be a first name.
Maroua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maroua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maroua occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maroua? popularity and diffusion
Maroua is the 201,183rd most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maroua live; 60 percent live in North Africa and 60 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 46,562nd most common forename worldwide It is held by 14,920 people.
The surname Maroua is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,193 people, or 1 in 28,899. Outside of Morocco Maroua is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Maroua
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