Marais is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Marais
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Very common place name designating a marshy place. The surname is focused in Normandy (76, 27, 14), and more generally in the west of France.

How popular is Marais?

Marais is common in South Africa.

Marais is ranked 4373 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Maraises grew by 65.51724 per cent to 288 since 2000 and ranked 68345 after elevating 28573 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.58 88.51
Black 4.17 3.45
Others 3.13 0
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 5.75
Marais is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 124708 people have been found who wears Marais as their family name. Marais is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
497,106 Indonesia8
746,494 India7
23,739 Nigeria5
2,306 Angola4
381,097 Ukraine4
2,110 Mozambique4
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
9,097 Wales3
710 French Polynesia3
46,068 Philippines3
35,184 Poland3
3,752 Iraq3
22,232 Morocco3
14,054 China3
6,270 Hong Kong3
5,859 Mauritius2
34,572 Israel2
124,220 Italy2
147,165 Czech Republic2
4,367 Afghanistan2
4,104 South Korea2
3,871 Paraguay2
993 Guernsey2
30,360 Thailand1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
37,493 Austria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
34,581 Chile1
1,819 Laos1
692 Guinea1
12,745 Luxembourg1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
2,724 New Caledonia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
1,179 Swaziland1
510 East Timor1
28,365 Kenya1
49,101 Denmark1
53,505 Turkey1
2,877 Cuba1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
3,642 Northern Ireland48
6,873 Ireland44
6,551 Qatar39
56,148 Spain32
32,811 Sweden29
23,443 Norway26
699 Isle of Man21
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
31,155 Netherlands75
45,171 Tanzania73
4,057 Panama65
26,687 Belgium59
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Marais:
43,705 United States627
22,254 Germany471
707 Botswana470
6,525 Australia444
6,557 Ghana399
3,074 New Zealand249
1,368 Taiwan232
18,081 Canada201
52,914 Brazil191
5,581 United Arab Emirates176
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
7,758 Switzerland153
14,961 Zimbabwe119
Countries with thousands of Marais:
908 France6,515
67 Namibia2,849
3,958 England1,904
1,733 Zambia1,054
Countries with hundred thousands of Marais:
33 South Africa107,757
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Comments

R
Roberto Cheek
Marais is an original hamlet name, area or locality frequent in the northern part of northern France, western, central as surname, meant the inhabitants of a house located near a maraismarécage.

Marais Namesakes

  • Erik Marais, South African Politician
  • Anja Marais, Artist
  • Jean Marais, Actor
  • Anja Marais, Artist
  • Matthieu Marais, Writer
  • Lejeanne Marais, Figure skater
  • Jessica Marais, Actress
  • Jean Marais, Actor
  • Donavon Marais, Author
  • Lejeanne Marais, Figure skater
  • Elma Marais portrayed the crucial role of Petro in 1965 drama movie Die Voortreflike Familie Smit.

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