María Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
María Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Maria (219,297), Mariá (2), Marià (1) & Mária (1,174) are calculated separately.
María (34,103) may also be a first name.
María Demographics
Average Male María Height
172.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
María Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name María Come From? nationality or country of origin
María occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Maria, Mariá, Marià or Mária. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name María? popularity and diffusion
The last name María is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of María reside; 31 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 31 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 25,218th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 34,103 people.
The last name María is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,298,668. In Spain it is primarily found in: Andalusia, where 19 percent live, Madrid, where 17 percent live and Basque Country, where 8 percent live. Beside Spain this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 20 percent live and Mexico, where 10 percent live.
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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 María
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