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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Maïkano. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maikano.
How Common Is The Last Name Maikano? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,279th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 590,563 people. The surname Maikano occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maikano are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,020th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 9,371 people.
Maikano is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,580 people, or 1 in 20,646. In Nigeria Maikano is primarily found in: Kano, where 20 percent live, Bauchi, where 14 percent live and Kaduna, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria Maikano occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent live and Botswana, where 8 percent live.
Maikano Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Maikano surname is principally 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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