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 is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Maria, Mariá, Marià or Mária. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name María? popularity and diffusion
The surname María is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name María is primarily found 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 frequent first name globally. It is borne by 34,103 people.
The surname María is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,298,668. In Spain it is primarily found in: Andalusia, where 19 percent reside, Madrid, where 17 percent reside and Basque Country, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Spain this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 20 percent reside and Mexico, where 10 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 María
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