Maruve Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Maruve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maruve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5571:27,7174,272
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Maruve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maruve is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maruve.

How Common Is The Last Name Maruve? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 564,325th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Maruve is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maruve reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 557 people, or 1 in 27,717. In Zimbabwe Maruve is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent reside and Harare Province, where 22 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maruvge926/
Marouve923/
Maruves922/
Maruvee921/
Maruvie921/
Maarouve862/
Maerouve861/
Marube833,858/
Maruva83849/
Maruwe8373/
Marive8337/
Maruvi8323/
Meruve831/
Marrube7775/
Maroube7743/
Maruvha7740/
Marumpe7721/
Mearuva7712/
Marivei779/
Mayruva777/
Maurive772/
Marusue772/
Marivey772/
Marivie772/
Maurube771/
Marzuva771/
Maruwei771/
Marihue770/
Marzoube7116/
Marzujvi718/
Marruvio711/
Margoube711/
Maaroube711/
Marobe671,759/
Maruwa67821/
Mayrhuber67703/
Maruba67434/
Moruwe67239/
Mairhuber67228/
Maruwi67173/
Marubi6746/
Marowe6745/
Marivi6734/
Morube6715/
Moruva6711/
Morive679/
Mariwe673/
Merive672/
Maruby671/
Mahrhuber671/
Matrouvai671/
Maruschwe671/
Meruwe671/

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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 Maruve
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