Marú Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Marú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Maru (89,853) & Măru (2) are calculated separately.

Marú (11) may also be a first name.

Marú Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marú Come From? nationality or country of origin

Marú is found most in Portugal. It may also appear as a variant: Maru or Măru. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Marú? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Marú live; 70 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent live in Iberian Europe. Marú is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most numerous in Portugal, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Not including Portugal Marú occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and Mexico, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maru9289,853/
Marúš891/
Măru832/
Marhút802/
Maró7572/
Marou6736,128/
Marui678,123/
Marut673,991/
Maroo673,814/
Marus673,230/
Marup672,786/
Maaru672,608/
Marau672,262/
Marru67766/
Mauru67636/
Mairu67591/
Marud67472/
Masru67332/
Maroe67330/
Matru67328/
Margu67185/
Marzu67142/
Mareu67126/
Mahru67123/
Maruh6791/
Maruy6755/
Maruj6732/
Mearu6725/
Mmaru6724/
Morúa6724/
Marhu6723/
Maruz6719/
Maroň6717/
Maruu6716/
Marão6716/
Majru6712/
Mayru677/
Mharu676/
Maruś675/
Marró675/
Maróy672/
Mgaru672/
Maruá671/
Marzó671/
Mauró671/
Marux670/

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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 Marú
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