Maruwa Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Maruwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 342 | 1:45,141 | 6,946 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maruwa (715) may also be a first name.
Maruwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maruwa (Hindi: मारूवा, Oriya: ମରୁୱା) is found most in Zimbabwe. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 422,155th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Maruwa live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maruwa is also the 308,804th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 715 people.
The last name Maruwa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 45,141. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 25 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 19 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Tanzania, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maruwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maruwa in the Hindi language | ||
| मारूवा | maruva | - |
| Maruwa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମରୁୱା | maruwa | - |
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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 Maruwa
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