Maruana Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

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

Maruana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maruana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Maruana (102) may also be a first name.

Maruana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maruana is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maruana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name Maruana is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maruana are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 102 people.

The last name Maruana is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,177,776. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 65 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Outside of South Africa Maruana is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Maruana Last Name Statistics demography

Maruana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.23% less than the national average, earning R 30,348 per year.

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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 Maruana
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