Maigaskiya Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Maigaskiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 230 | 1:770,186 | 34,704 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
Maigaskiya (54) may also be a first name.
Maigaskiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigaskiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maigaskiya is found most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maigaskiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigaskiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,055,483rd most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. Maigaskiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigaskiya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most common given name internationally It is held by 54 people.
Maigaskiya is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 230 people, or 1 in 770,186. In Nigeria Maigaskiya is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 18 percent reside, Taraba, where 17 percent reside and Jigawa, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Maigaskiya occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megaskiya | 84 | 6 | / |
| Magayskaya | 80 | 6 | / |
| Magaskie | 78 | 5 | / |
| Magaskay | 78 | 1 | / |
| Migotskaya | 70 | 7 | / |
| McGaskey | 67 | 256 | / |
| Megaskey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magoskie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Maigaskiya
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