Maifa Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Maifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Maifa (768) may also be a first name.
Maifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻒ, Hindi: मैफा) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifa? popularity and diffusion
Maifa is the 1,321,499th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Maifa is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Maifa reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 296,201st most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 768 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia Maifa is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 71 percent are found, East Java, where 20 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻒ | myf | - |
| Maifa in the Hindi language | ||
| मैफा | maipha | 66.67 |
| मइफा | ma'ipha | 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 Maifa
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