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 is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maroua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 201,183rd most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. Maroua occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maroua are found; 60 percent are found in North Africa and 60 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 46,562nd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 14,920 people.
Maroua is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,193 people, or 1 in 28,899. Outside of Morocco it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live.
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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 Maroua
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