Mailafia Surname
Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname
Mailafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 834 | 1:212,401 | 12,620 |
| Niger | 201 | 1:95,483 | 3,965 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïlafia (1) are calculated separately.
Mailafia (322) may also be a first name.
Mailafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mailafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mailafia occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Maïlafia. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mailafia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 348,836th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,960,407 people. Mailafia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mailafia reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 488,964th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 322 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 834 people, or 1 in 212,401. In Nigeria Mailafia is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 29 percent are found, Kaduna, where 19 percent are found and Borno, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maïlafia | 96 | 1 | / |
| Mailafiay | 94 | 1 | / |
| Malafia | 93 | 45 | / |
| Milafia | 93 | 5 | / |
| Mailafaiya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Maelafia | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mailafya | 88 | 13 | / |
| Meilafia | 88 | 2 | / |
| Maylafia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matlafia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Malaifia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Malefia | 80 | 4,185 | / |
| Melafia | 80 | 31 | / |
| Malafio | 80 | 12 | / |
| Milafio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahlafya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maliafya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malefiea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malofios | 63 | 0 | / |
| Malefya | 53 | 19 | / |
| Melefio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Malefyea | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mailafia
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