Mai Sallah Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Mai Sallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mai Sallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mai Sallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mai Sallah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mai Sallah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mai Sallah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,310,135th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mai Sallah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 1,035,923. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 87 percent live, Sokoto, where 8 percent live and Yobe, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 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 Mai Sallah
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