M A Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

M A Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

M A Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

M A Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name M A Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname M A is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name M A? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name M A is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of M A reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria M A is most numerous in: Niger, where 60 percent reside, Ogun, where 30 percent reside and Ondo, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ma A8610/
M Ya864/
Mo A864/
Mu A863/
M Ua861/
Ma8021,354,561/
Me Ya75542/
M Yau75247/
Mii A75109/
Ma Ae7572/
Mu Ha7555/
Mu Au7549/
Mau A7547/
Ma Au7538/
Mia A7526/
Mi Ya7523/
Moa A7517/
Ma Ai7516/
M Awa7512/
Moh A758/
Mai A755/
Maa A754/
Mo Ae754/
Me Ha753/
Ma Ha752/
Ma Ah752/
Ma Ia752/
M Aye751/
Ma Ya751/
M Iya751/
My Ai751/
My Ha751/
Mo Ia751/
Ma Ao751/
Ma Ea751/
Ma Wa751/
Mao672,970,478/
Mia672,033,557/
Mai671,714,017/
May671,051,639/
Mya67240,127/
Mau6766,892/
Mah6759,927/
Maa6733,493/
Mae6727,455/
Moa6721,480/
Mua6716,804/
Mea6715,044/
Mma6711,570/
Maï673,755/
My Way671,739/
Mha671,021/
Mwa67915/
Hma67767/
M Yaya6774/
M Yaou6743/
Ma Awu6731/
Maî6721/
Wma6719/
Méa6713/
Ma Awa6713/
Mía679/
M Ya U676/
Me Awo676/
Mae Ha676/
Ma A U675/
M Haia674/
Maé674/
Maya A674/
Moh Ah674/
Maia A673/
Miya A673/
Maü673/
Ma Aye673/
M O672/
Ma Iya672/
Maô672/
Múa672/
M Haya672/
Ma Awi672/
Ma Aya672/
Mai Wa672/
M Yawa672/
M H672/
My Hoa672/
M-A671/
Ma Wai671/
Mui Au671/
Moyi A671/
Maí671/
Maú671/
Maá671/
Môa671/
Maĭ671/
Mưa671/
Mau Ai671/
M E671/
M Hayo671/
M W671/
M'A671/
Ma Hai671/
Maa Oa671/
Mah Ao671/
Mai Ao671/
Maâ671/
Maó671/
Mađ671/
Mou Ha671/
Mie Ae671/
M Wayo671/
M Yaye671/
Mu Aye671/
My Hao671/
Me Hwa671/
Mei Ai671/
Mei Ha671/
Mei Wa671/
Ma Aea671/
Ma Aee671/
Ma Aia671/
Ma Ayu671/
Ma Hae671/
Ma Hea671/
M Y671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to M A
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