Maigari Surname
Approximately 34,132 people bear this surname
Maigari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26,735 | 1:6,626 | 797 |
| Niger | 4,634 | 1:4,142 | 393 |
| Cameroon | 2,215 | 1:9,377 | 1,226 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Maïgari (517) & Maîgari (2) are calculated separately.
Maigari (19,168) may also be a first name.
Maigari Demographics
Maigari Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Maigari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maigari (Hindi: मैगारी) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Maïgari or Maîgari. Click here for other possible spellings of Maigari.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigari? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maigari is the 16,289th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 213,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigari live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maigari is also the 39,055th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 19,168 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26,735 people, or 1 in 6,626. In Nigeria Maigari is most common in: Jigawa, where 20 percent live, Bauchi, where 13 percent live and Yobe, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Maigari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Maigari last name is primarily Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maigari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maigari in the Hindi language | ||
| मैगारी | maigari | - |
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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 Maigari
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