Maiganga Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Maiganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 339 | 1:522,545 | 25,784 |
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
The alternate forms: Maïganga (1) are calculated separately.
Maiganga (100) may also be a first name.
Maiganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maiganga is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Maïganga. Click here for further possible spellings of Maiganga.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiganga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maiganga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 946,056th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 100 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 29 percent live, Nasarawa, where 22 percent live and Bauchi, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 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 Maiganga
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