Maigha Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Maigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 51 | 1:25,361 | 5,224 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Maigha (155) may also be a first name.
Maigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maigha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻜﺎ, Hindi: मैघा, Marathi: मैघा) is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Maigha are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean. Maigha is also the 738,219th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 155 people.
Maigha is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 25,361. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated in: Savanne District, where 98 percent live and Flacq District, where 2 percent live. Barring Mauritius this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maigha in the Marathi language | ||
| मैघा | maigha | - |
| Maigha in the Hindi language | ||
| मैघा | maigha | 97.44 |
| मैगहा | maigaha | 2.56 |
| Maigha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎ | myka | 75 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﻜﺎ | mayka | 25 |
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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 Maigha
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