Maikano Surname
Approximately 12,340 people bear this surname
Maikano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,580 | 1:20,646 | 1,880 |
| Niger | 2,519 | 1:7,619 | 620 |
| Botswana | 1,004 | 1:2,178 | 234 |
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Maïkano (9) are calculated separately.
Maikano (9,371) may also be a first name.
Maikano Demographics
Maikano Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Maikano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maikano Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maikano is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Maïkano. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maikano? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,279th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 590,563 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maikano reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,020th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 9,371 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,580 people, or 1 in 20,646. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kano, where 20 percent live, Bauchi, where 14 percent live and Kaduna, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 20 percent live and Botswana, where 8 percent live.
Maikano Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
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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 Maikano
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