Mai Wada Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Mai Wada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 368 | 1:481,366 | 24,196 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
The alternate forms: Maî Wada (1) are calculated separately.
Mai Wada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mai Wada Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mai Wada is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Maî Wada. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mai Wada? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 708,658th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name Mai Wada is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mai Wada reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 481,366. In Nigeria Mai Wada is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 29 percent reside, Kaduna, where 28 percent reside and Kano, where 28 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Wada
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