Mai Wake Surname
Approximately 1,051 people bear this surname
Mai Wake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 934 | 1:20,548 | 1,283 |
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
The alternate forms: Maï Wake (14) & Maî Wake (1) are calculated separately.
Mai Wake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mai Wake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mai Wake occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Maï Wake or Maî Wake. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mai Wake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 347,722nd most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,933,916 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mai Wake reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Mai Wake is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 934 people, or 1 in 20,548. In Niger it is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 74 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 20 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Niger it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, 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 Wake
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