Find out how popular the last name Maruna is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Maruna.

Maruna, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Maruna surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Maruna in America

Maruna is the 66164th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Maruna surname appeared 299 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Maruna.

We can also compare 2010 data for Maruna to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Maruna

The surname MARUNA is believed to have originated in the region of Maronia, located in the northeastern part of modern-day Greece, near the border with Turkey. It is thought to have first emerged during the Byzantine Empire, between the 5th and 15th centuries AD.

The name is likely derived from the Greek word "marinos," meaning "of the sea" or "maritime," suggesting that the earliest bearers of the surname may have been seafarers or lived in coastal areas. Variations of the spelling include Marouna, Marouni, and Marounos.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a 12th-century manuscript from the Monastery of St. John the Theologian on the island of Patmos, which mentions a certain "Ioannis Marounas" as a landowner in the region of Maronia.

In the 14th century, a nobleman named Georgios Marounas is documented as having served in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos (1328-1341). His son, Theodoros Marounas, was a renowned scholar and diplomat who represented the Byzantine Empire in negotiations with the Republic of Venice.

During the Ottoman period, the surname MARUNA can be found in various records from the regions of Thrace and Macedonia, which were under Ottoman rule. In the 16th century, a merchant named Dimitrios Marounas is mentioned in the archives of the Venetian Republic, with whom he conducted business.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Ioannis Marounas, a Greek scholar and theologian who lived in the 17th century. He was a prominent figure in the Greek Orthodox Church and authored several works on theology and philosophy.

As the centuries passed, the surname MARUNA spread to other parts of the Greek world, including the islands of the Aegean Sea and the Greek communities of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). However, it remained relatively uncommon outside of its original region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Maruna

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Maruna.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Maruna was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Maruna has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Maruna was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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