Maruze Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Maruze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maruze (339) may also be a first name.
Maruze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maruze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maruze is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maruze? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Maruze are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maruze is also the 474,488th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 339 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 83 percent reside, Abia, where 8 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Maruze
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