Maruva Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Maruva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 818 | 1:18,873 | 2,806 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maruva (1,567) may also be a first name.
Maruva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maruva (Hindi: मरूवा, Russian: Марува) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Maruva.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 411,077th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The last name Maruva is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Maruva are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Maruva is also the 195,636th most common first name at a global level, borne by 1,567 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 818 people, or 1 in 18,873. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 22 percent live, Midlands Province, where 17 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Maruva is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maruva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maruva in the Hindi language | ||
| मरूवा | maruva | 90.3 |
| मरुवा | maruva | 9.7 |
| Maruva in the Russian language | ||
| Марува | maruva | - |
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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 Maruva
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