Maifi Surname
Approximately 1,955 people bear this surname
Maifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,744 | 1:22,151 | 4,050 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïfi (1) are calculated separately.
Maifi (106) may also be a first name.
Maifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maifi (Bengali: মাইফি, Hindi: मैफी) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Maïfi. For other potential spellings of Maifi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 211,036th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,727,645 people. Maifi is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Maifi live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 915,176th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 106 people.
This surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 1,744 people, or 1 in 22,151. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Tébessa Province, where 94 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 5 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maifi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maifi in the Bengali language | ||
| মাইফি | ma'iphi | - |
| Maifi in the Hindi language | ||
| मैफी | maiphi | - |
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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 Maifi
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