Maikama Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Maikama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Maikama (36) may also be a first name.
Maikama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maikama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maikama is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Maikama.
How Common Is The Last Name Maikama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maikama is the 1,785,358th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maikama are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 36 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Maikama is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 64 percent reside, Adamawa, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Maikama
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