Maikafi Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Maikafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maikafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1401:1,265,30550,482
Niger251:767,68117,983
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Maikafi (74) may also be a first name.

Maikafi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maikafi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Maikafi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maikafi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maikafi is the 1,343,156th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Maikafi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name on earth, borne by 74 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Maikafi is most common in: Bauchi, where 58 percent live, Nasarawa, where 21 percent live and Kaduna, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maikaffi9338/
Maikaifi939/
Maikaefi931/
Makafi92114/
Mikafi924/
Makafui862,294/
Makaafi86319/
Maikefi86173/
Makhafi86149/
Maikafa8611/
Makaffi863/
Makafyi861/
Maikofi861/
Maikafe861/
Maikeffi801,745/
Makashfi801/
Mikashfi801/
Makaffie800/
Makofi772,442/
Makafe7798/
Makafa7712/
Makefi775/
Mikefi774/
Mekafi773/
Maikeffie751/
Maikaiffa751/
Maiikeffi751/
Magkafa71223/
Moukafi71137/
Makhafa7135/
Makeffi7126/
Mikeffi716/
Makafuj715/
Makhefi714/
Meikefi713/
Mekhafi713/
Makaifa712/
Maikefe711/
Mekaffi711/
MacAfie711/
Mikhefi711/
Mekatfi711/
Mekafai711/
Makaffa711/
Makapfe711/
Makhafe711/
Makoffi711/
Makaffy710/
Moukafih671,061/
Moukhafi67410/
Moukafie67143/
MacKafee6723/
Maskoufi678/
Magkoufi676/
Meikeffi676/
Makhoufi676/
Mikaifer674/
Makoufis672/
Moukkafi672/
Mekaffie672/
Mmakaffa671/
Mojekafi671/
Makhaifi671/
Mahakavi671/
'Makhafa671/
Mackafoj671/
Makkoufi671/
Makaffey670/
MacKafer670/

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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 Maikafi
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