Marthor Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Marthor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marthor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia191:232,02814,625
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Marthor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Marthor occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Marthor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marthor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Marthor occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Marthor live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 232,028. In Liberia Marthor is mostly found in: Grand Bassa County, where 89 percent live, Lofa County, where 5 percent live and Montserrado County, where 5 percent live. Besides Liberia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.

Marthor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Marthor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Martor921,929/
Martore86139/
Marthar8626/
Marthur867/
Martour864/
Morthor861/
Mhartor861/
Martoire8013/
Marttorp801/
Martahar801/
Marthart800/
Martur77409/
Martar77196/
Mortor7722/
Mertor772/
Marture7119/
Mortore717/
Morthar715/
Martare713/
Martart711/
Martarr711/
Marteur711/
Marttur711/
Marttar711/
Morrtor710/
Mourtor710/
Mortoire6737/
Martarova631/
Morturd572/
Morture571/
Morthart530/

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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 Marthor
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