Marwais Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Marwais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 86 | 1:373,874 | 5,400 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Marwais (189) may also be a first name.
Marwais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marwais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marwais occurs most in Afghanistan. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Marwais.
How Common Is The Last Name Marwais? popularity and diffusion
Marwais is the 2,007,164th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Marwais reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 661,310th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 189 people.
This surname is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 373,874. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Kabul, where 24 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 19 percent reside and Helmand, where 14 percent reside. Barring Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marwas | 92 | 585 | / |
| Marwis | 92 | 16 | / |
| Marbais | 86 | 253 | / |
| Marwise | 86 | 24 | / |
| Marvais | 86 | 10 | / |
| Marwish | 86 | 6 | / |
| Marwaiz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Merwais | 86 | 1 | / |
| Morwais | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marwash | 86 | 1 | / |
| Marwahs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meerwais | 80 | 124 | / |
| Merwaiss | 80 | 5 | / |
| Marwatse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Marbas | 77 | 505 | / |
| Marvis | 77 | 347 | / |
| Marvas | 77 | 87 | / |
| Marwaj | 77 | 66 | / |
| Maruis | 77 | 48 | / |
| Marbis | 77 | 21 | / |
| Maruas | 77 | 4 | / |
| Marwaz | 77 | 3 | / |
| Morwas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Marwiz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marwes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marwiyahs | 75 | 24 | / |
| Marbaix | 71 | 652 | / |
| Marbois | 71 | 590 | / |
| Marbash | 71 | 354 | / |
| Marbaiz | 71 | 102 | / |
| Maruish | 71 | 18 | / |
| Marvaes | 71 | 14 | / |
| Marwicz | 71 | 14 | / |
| Marveis | 71 | 13 | / |
| Morvais | 71 | 8 | / |
| Marruas | 71 | 8 | / |
| Marvast | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mauruis | 71 | 5 | / |
| Marwues | 71 | 5 | / |
| Marwich | 71 | 4 | / |
| Marbish | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maruisz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maruhas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Marvaiz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Marwahj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mervais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marvies | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merwass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morways | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meerwis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maruise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marvish | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marviss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morweis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Morwist | 71 | 0 | / |
| Maarhuis | 67 | 211 | / |
| Marweshe | 67 | 172 | / |
| Mohrweis | 67 | 21 | / |
| Meervais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marwatch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mairevis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marvisch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Morwatsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marbajas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maruashe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meerwaiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marvasse | 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
- 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 Marwais
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