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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigana? popularity and diffusion
Maigana is the 270,023rd most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,043,284 people. The last name Maigana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigana live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 316,697th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 683 people.
The surname Maigana is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,374 people, or 1 in 128,925. In Nigeria Maigana is most common in: Yobe, where 26 percent reside, Borno, where 23 percent reside and Gombe, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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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