Maajo Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Maajo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Maajo (36) may also be a first name.
Maajo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maajo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maajo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maajo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maajo are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maajo is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Maajo is mostly found in: Niger, where 33 percent live, Taraba, where 33 percent live and Zamfara, where 33 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
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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 Maajo
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