Eastern Mari populations are also found in southern Sverdlovsk Oblast and in Perm Krai.

[2] They make up between a quarter and a third of the general Mari population.

According to academic Seppo Lallukka, Eastern Mari is more of a scholarly category than an ethnically unified subgroup.

[3] The Eastern Mari language variety includes loanwords and influence from Russian, Tatar, and Bashkir.

[2] About two thirds of Eastern Mari live in rural areas, and they are traditionally farmers.