Maigama Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Maigama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 432 | 1:48,077 | 6,293 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maigama (888) may also be a first name.
Maigama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maigama occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigama? popularity and diffusion
Maigama is the 648,005th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigama reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 272,746th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 888 people.
The surname Maigama is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 48,077. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 72 percent live, North Region, where 26 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Maigama
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