Maifada Surname
Approximately 3,456 people bear this surname
Maifada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,447 | 1:13,263 | 929 |
| Nigeria | 1,379 | 1:128,457 | 8,390 |
| Cameroon | 618 | 1:33,607 | 4,534 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïfada (14) & Maîfada (1) are calculated separately.
Maifada (1,069) may also be a first name.
Maifada Demographics
Maifada Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Maifada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maifada Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maifada is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Maïfada or Maîfada. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifada? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 130,855th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,108,665 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maifada reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 244,625th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,069 people.
The surname Maifada is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 1,447 people, or 1 in 13,263. In Niger it is most common in: Dosso Region, where 45 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 22 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Niger Maifada occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 40 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Maifada Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maïfada | 95 | 14 | / |
| Maîfada | 95 | 1 | / |
| Maifaida | 93 | 11 | / |
| Maifadau | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maifadaa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maiffada | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maifahda | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maifadad | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mafada | 92 | 110 | / |
| Maifphada | 88 | 5 | / |
| Maifadi | 86 | 875 | / |
| Mafadah | 86 | 22 | / |
| Maefada | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mayfada | 86 | 11 | / |
| Maifade | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mafaida | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mahfada | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maifoda | 86 | 2 | / |
| Matfada | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maffada | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maufada | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafaada | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moifada | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafaddah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Maifouda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maifadou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafaidah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafoda | 77 | 126 | / |
| Mafeda | 77 | 39 | / |
| Mafadi | 77 | 33 | / |
| Mafado | 77 | 26 | / |
| Mafade | 77 | 20 | / |
| Mifado | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mifadi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Myfada | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mefada | 77 | 1 | / |
| Masfaudah | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mahfadhad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafodda | 71 | 193 | / |
| Maifodo | 71 | 118 | / |
| Mafheda | 71 | 59 | / |
| Maefadi | 71 | 55 | / |
| Maphada | 71 | 23 | / |
| Mafouda | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mahfoda | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mafeuda | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mafhadi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Moufada | 71 | 7 | / |
| Maifode | 71 | 6 | / |
| Maffoda | 71 | 4 | / |
| Moifadi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meifadi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafeeda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafadhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maufado | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafodah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meyfada | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mifeuda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masfoda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matfadi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafaidi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafodaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahfouda | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mayofade | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafaddej | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafaddes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffodda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafgouda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahfaudi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffouda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifotde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahavada | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moufaida | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhifadhi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Maifada
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