Mareka
Mareka is one of the woredas in the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Dawro Zone, Mareka is bordered on the southwest by Isara, on the west by Tocha, on the northeast by Gena Bosa, and on the southeast by Loma. Towns in Mareka include Wacca. Mareka was part of former Mareka Gena woreda.
Meaning & Origin of Mareka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mareka is one of the woredas in the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Dawro Zone, Mareka is bordered on the southwest by Isara, on the west by Tocha, on the northeast by Gena Bosa, and on the southeast by Loma. Towns in Mareka include Wacca. Mareka was part of former Mareka Gena woreda.
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The Story of Mareka
Mareka first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1977, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 8 births, good for #9,336 nationwide. About 38% of every Mareka on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Mareka last appeared in the published SSA data in 2000, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mareka
Mareka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Mareka's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #9,336. Use the chart and map above to compare Mareka's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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