Maigana Surname
Approximately 1,445 people bear this surname
Maigana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,374 | 1:128,925 | 8,414 |
| Niger | 63 | 1:304,635 | 9,114 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Maigana (683) may also be a first name.
Maigana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maigana is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigana? popularity and diffusion
Maigana is the 270,023rd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,043,284 people. Maigana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigana are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maigana is also the 316,697th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 683 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,374 people, or 1 in 128,925. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 26 percent are found, Borno, where 23 percent are found and Gombe, where 17 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Maigana
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