Maiduguri Surname

431,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Maiduguri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maiduguri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7951:222,82113,134
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Maiduguri (49) may also be a first name.

Maiduguri Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maiduguri Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Maiduguri occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maiduguri? popularity and diffusion

It is the 431,914th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. The last name Maiduguri is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maiduguri reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maiduguri is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 49 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 795 people, or 1 in 222,821. In Nigeria Maiduguri is most common in: Borno, where 95 percent are found, Kaduna, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Maiduguri exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Maiduguri Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Maiduguri
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