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
The last name Maroua occurs most in Morocco. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maroua.
How Common Is The Last Name Maroua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maroua is the 201,183rd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. Maroua is predominantly 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 commonly held first name in the world It is held by 14,920 people.
It is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 1,193 people, or 1 in 28,899. Not including Morocco it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
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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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