Maikanti Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Maikanti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maikanti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4901:361,51619,397
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
Greece161:692,48777,522
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

The alternate forms: Maïkanti (1) are calculated separately.

Maikanti (381) may also be a first name.

Maikanti Last Name Facts

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

Maikanti is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Maïkanti. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maikanti? popularity and diffusion

It is the 576,198th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Maikanti are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maikanti is also the 444,187th most common first name globally. It is borne by 381 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 490 people, or 1 in 361,516. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 21 percent live, Jigawa, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Greece, where 3 percent live.

Maikanti Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Maikanti last name is primarily Muslim (86%) 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 Maikanti
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