Maero

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991

/maeɾo/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Maero is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

  • ARArgentina1 in 102K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 350K
  • ESSpain1 in 3.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈990 people, est.

Record sources
36 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname Maero is found

(measured from records)

Maero counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Maero is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈990 est.≈1 in 57K—Maero4
AR Argentina4471 in 102K447Maero36
IT Italy≈370 est.≈1 in 161K—Maero4
FR France≈200 est.≈1 in 348K16——
US United States≈90 est.≈1 in 3.8MlistedMaero9
ES Spain161 in 3.1M16Maero18

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Maero is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Kenya

    Also written Maëro, Maéro

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Kenya, Spain, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Maéro, Märo

  • Thai surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written แมเราะ, แมเร๊าะ, Maeroh, แมะเราะ, แมะเร๊าะ

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalEstimado/a Maero,Dear Maero, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Maero,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Maero?
It depends on the language: in Spanish /maeɾo/; in Swahili /mɑeɾo/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Maero?
Mondonomo estimates about 994 people named Maero in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maero. After it come Argentina, Italy, France and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Maero?
In Argentina, the national register counted 447 people named Maero, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maero”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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