Marters Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Marters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Marters Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marters Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Marters occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marters? popularity and diffusion

Marters is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Marters occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Marters are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Marters is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa Marters is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 96 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Marters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Marters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Marters surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Marters Last Name Statistics demography

Marters earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.57% less than the national average, earning R 112,704 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marthers93243/
Marterse931/
Marteirs930/
Martiers930/
Morters8683/
Martyrs8624/
Mörters8621/
Martirs861/
Merters861/
Mortiers80139/
Moerters8014/
Marthyrs801/
Marthars801/
Morthers800/
Mortors710/
Mortars573/

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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 Marters
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