Maiama Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Maiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Maiama (137) may also be a first name.
Maiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maiama is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maiama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Maiama is mostly found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Maiama are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Maiama is also the 790,880th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 137 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Maiama is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 73 percent reside, Morobe, where 23 percent reside and Chimbu, where 4 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 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 Maiama
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