It was also called as "kelikkarai", "Ninathaan mudithaan pattinam", "Sembi Nadu", "lebbat pattan"(pattan mentioned in voyages of Ibn Battuta & map displayed in Ibn Battuta Mall).
Maricars can be found abundance in Maraikayar Pattinam (which is thought to be the ancestral hometown of the early Maricars), Parangipettai (Portonovo), Kilakarai, Kulasekharapatnam, Adirampattinam, Muthupet, Nagore, Nagapattinam, Manjakollai and various other coastal towns.