Maruj Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Maruj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Maruj (51) may also be a first name.
Maruj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maruj (Hindi: मारूज, Oriya: ମାରୁଜ) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maruj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Maruj live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 51 people.
The surname Maruj is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,891,364. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Paktika, where 71 percent are found, Kabul, where 24 percent are found and Paktia, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Afghanistan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maruj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maruj in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରୁଜ | maruja | - |
| Maruj in the Hindi language | ||
| मारूज | maruja | 62.5 |
| मारुज | maruja | 37.5 |
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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
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- 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 Maruj
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