Maigwa Surname
Approximately 982 people bear this surname
Maigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 359 | 1:128,635 | 10,601 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Maigwa (257) may also be a first name.
Maigwa Demographics
Maigwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maigwa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maigwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maigwa is the 366,882nd most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,421,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maigwa live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 555,528th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 257 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 128,635. In Kenya Maigwa is most common in: Nyeri County, where 24 percent live, Nakuru County, where 20 percent live and Kiambu County, where 19 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 35 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 percent live.
Maigwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Maigwa
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