Maruwo Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Maruwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Maruwo (55) may also be a first name.
Maruwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maruwo is found most frequently in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maruwo is the 517,348th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. Maruwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maruwo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Maruwo is also the 1,336,256th most frequent first name on earth, held by 55 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Not including Malawi this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariwo | 83 | 957 | / |
| Maruwa | 83 | 821 | / |
| Moruwo | 83 | 301 | / |
| Marubo | 83 | 225 | / |
| Marowo | 83 | 214 | / |
| Maruvo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Meruwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mairuwa | 77 | 782 | / |
| Maruiwa | 77 | 165 | / |
| Marouvo | 77 | 84 | / |
| Maruwah | 77 | 53 | / |
| Marouwa | 77 | 28 | / |
| Maroubo | 77 | 25 | / |
| Marauwa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mariwou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mauruwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Maruvot | 77 | 4 | / |
| Marujwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Marubho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruboi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruhwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mairouwa | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mmarauwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Marrouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maroubou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mariwa | 67 | 2,137 | / |
| Maruva | 67 | 849 | / |
| Maruba | 67 | 434 | / |
| Moruwa | 67 | 291 | / |
| Marivo | 67 | 133 | / |
| Meruwa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Morubo | 67 | 37 | / |
| Moruvo | 67 | 31 | / |
| Morowo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mairoubou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Moriwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mahtrouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Maruwo
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