Maifata Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Maifata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Maifata (100) may also be a first name.
Maifata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maifata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maifata is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifata? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,085,744th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maifata live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 946,056th most common forename world-wide It is held by 100 people.
The last name Maifata is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 23 percent reside, Zamfara, where 20 percent reside and Jigawa, where 19 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Maifata occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafata | 92 | 1,532 | / |
| Mifata | 92 | 27 | / |
| Maifaitoa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mafatau | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mafatha | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mifatah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maifati | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maifate | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahfata | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maifato | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maffata | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafatta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafasta | 86 | 0 | / |
| Maifathi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mafataya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mifeta | 77 | 2,576 | / |
| Mafate | 77 | 579 | / |
| Mafeta | 77 | 278 | / |
| Mafati | 77 | 218 | / |
| Mafota | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mafato | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mifota | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maifaitou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafouta | 71 | 2,133 | / |
| Mafaiti | 71 | 1,491 | / |
| Maphata | 71 | 78 | / |
| Maifoto | 71 | 77 | / |
| Mafatih | 71 | 59 | / |
| Mafaity | 71 | 35 | / |
| Mifetah | 71 | 17 | / |
| Mafetah | 71 | 10 | / |
| Maefate | 71 | 9 | / |
| Maffato | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mafathe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maifote | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mefatah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafeeta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafatto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafheta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafotta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafasto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafatti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafatie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maefato | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafotah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maifeto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mifatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafaite | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maffate | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphatha | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mafatich | 67 | 12 | / |
| Maphatas | 67 | 9 | / |
| Maphatay | 67 | 9 | / |
| Maggiofatto | 67 | 9 | / |
| Maphatai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maphatat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Miyafato | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafatihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffaiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphatah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifotte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmafouta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffhate | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Maifata
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