Marao

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mɐɾɐu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 389K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.5M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

544 people

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 389K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marao 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 Marao is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil5441 in 389K544—2
AR Argentina301 in 1.5M30——
PH Philippines———Marao6
US United States———Marao11
KE Kenya———Marao4

544 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Marão

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, India

    Also written Marão

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Marão, Maräo

24 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)

FormalPrezado(a) Marao,Dear Marao, (English)
InformalPrezado(a) Marao,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Marao
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—544#15,777
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—30—

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Marao?
A machine transcription gives /mɐɾɐu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
In which country does Marao have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 544 people named Marao, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Marao most common?
Marao is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 389 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Marao?
In Brazil, the national register counted 544 people named Marao, about 1 in 389 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, “Marao”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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