Maidai Surname
Approximately 963 people bear this surname
Maidai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 817 | 1:25,421 | 3,461 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïdaï (1) are calculated separately.
Maidai (1,150) may also be a first name.
Maidai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maidai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maidai (Hindi: मैडई, Marathi: मैदै) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Maïdaï. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maidai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 372,504th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,567,545 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maidai reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 234,650th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,150 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 817 people, or 1 in 25,421. In Cameroon Maidai is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 64 percent live, North Region, where 34 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Maidai is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maidai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maidai in the Marathi language | ||
| मैदै | maidai | - |
| Maidai in the Hindi language | ||
| मैडई | maida'i | 66.67 |
| मैडाइ | maida'i | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Maidai
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