Marove Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Marove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Marove (25) may also be a first name.
Marove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marove Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marove is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Marove click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marove? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Marove reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Marove is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 467,825. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 39 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 27 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 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
- 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 Marove
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