Maruka Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Maruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 195 | 1:236,820 | 16,541 |
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 1:157,533 | 19,794 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Maruka (348) may also be a first name.
Maruka Demographics
Average Maruka Salary in
United States
$38,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maruka (Hindi: मारूका, Marathi: मारुका, Oriya: ମାରୁକା, Russian: Марука) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Maruka.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maruka is the 470,273rd most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Maruka live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 467,354th most widely held given name in the world, held by 348 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 236,820. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 39 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 31 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 26 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.
Maruka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Maruka surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Maruka earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maruka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maruka in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରୁକା | maruka | - |
| Maruka in the Marathi language | ||
| मारुका | maruka | - |
| Maruka in the Hindi language | ||
| मारूका | maruka | 52.17 |
| मारुका | maruka | 34.78 |
| मरुका | maruka | 13.04 |
| Maruka in the Russian language | ||
| Марука | maruka | - |
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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 Maruka
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