Marteh Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Marteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Marteh (39) may also be a first name.
Marteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Marteh is found most frequently in Liberia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Marteh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Marteh live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 78 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 4 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 3 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 Marteh
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