Maidawa Surname
Approximately 9,758 people bear this surname
Maidawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,763 | 1:30,738 | 2,572 |
| Niger | 3,799 | 1:5,052 | 456 |
| Benin | 108 | 1:95,700 | 10,977 |
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Maïdawa (37) & Maîdawa (10) are calculated separately.
Maidawa (3,852) may also be a first name.
Maidawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maidawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maidawa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Maïdawa or Maîdawa. Click here for other potential spellings of Maidawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Maidawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maidawa is the 52,434th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 746,828 people. The surname Maidawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maidawa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 113,150th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 3,852 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,763 people, or 1 in 30,738. In Nigeria Maidawa is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 33 percent are found, Sokoto, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 39 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Maidawa
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