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 surname Maruva (Hindi: मरूवा, Russian: Марува) is most common in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruva? popularity and diffusion
Maruva is the 411,077th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Maruva reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 195,636th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 1,567 people.
Maruva is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 818 people, or 1 in 18,873. In Zimbabwe Maruva is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 22 percent live, Midlands Province, where 17 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Maruva
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