Mai Lafiya Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Mai Lafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
Mai Lafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mai Lafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mai Lafiya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mai Lafiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mai Lafiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,315,412th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. Mai Lafiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mai Lafiya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 36 percent are found, Kano, where 19 percent are found and Zamfara, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Mai Lafiya
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