Mareke Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Mareke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 243 | 1:63,532 | 9,554 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mareke (424) may also be a first name.
Mareke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mareke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mareke is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mareke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 708,658th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mareke live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mareke is also the 417,166th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 424 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 63,532. In Zimbabwe Mareke is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 36 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Mareke
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