Maru is a surname of Indian origin found among the people from Kutch and Saurashtra regions in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. The Maru word is used to identify the region of Marwar, the diaspora of people who migrated from this region to other places, use this surname to link their ancestral home.

Notable people with the name include:

  • Jayant Maru (born 1990), Kenyan film director
  • Pamela Maru, fisheries management advisor from the Cook Islands
  • Peter Maru (born 2003), Ugandan long-distance runner
  • Vivek Maru, American legal empowerment advocate

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  1. ^ "Living goddesses, past and present in North-west India, German Scholars on India – Global InCH- International Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage". Retrieved 2022-05-20. The sphere of her influence ceases in North Gujarat and Rajasthan where the Maru-section of the Charans dominates