Maidama Surname
Approximately 2,228 people bear this surname
Maidama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,438 | 1:123,187 | 8,092 |
| Niger | 595 | 1:32,255 | 1,791 |
| Cameroon | 102 | 1:203,618 | 20,947 |
| Argentina | 84 | 1:508,850 | 37,434 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maidama (1,004) may also be a first name.
Maidama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maidama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maidama is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Maidama.
How Common Is The Last Name Maidama? popularity and diffusion
Maidama is the 189,571st most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,270,891 people. The surname Maidama is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Maidama are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 253,918th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 1,004 people.
The surname Maidama is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,438 people, or 1 in 123,187. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 72 percent reside, Zamfara, where 19 percent reside and Kebbi, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Maidama occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 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 Maidama
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