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
Maidawa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Maïdawa or Maîdawa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maidawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,434th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 746,828 people. The last name Maidawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maidawa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 113,150th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 3,852 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,763 people, or 1 in 30,738. In Nigeria Maidawa is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 33 percent live, Sokoto, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria Maidawa is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 39 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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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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