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 in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,321,499th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Maifa live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Maifa is also the 296,201st most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 768 people.
The last name Maifa is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 71 percent live, East Java, where 20 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
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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