Mainasara Surname
Approximately 11,021 people bear this surname
Mainasara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,895 | 1:16,259 | 1,574 |
| Niger | 116 | 1:165,448 | 5,964 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Maïnasara (1) are calculated separately.
Mainasara (8,991) may also be a first name.
Mainasara Demographics
Mainasara Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mainasara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainasara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mainasara has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant: Maïnasara. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainasara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mainasara is the 47,000th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 661,242 people. Mainasara is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mainasara reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mainasara is also the 65,746th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 8,991 people.
The last name Mainasara is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 10,895 people, or 1 in 16,259. In Nigeria Mainasara is most common in: Zamfara, where 35 percent live, Sokoto, where 25 percent live and Kebbi, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Mainasara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mainasara last name is chiefly Muslim (96%) 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 Mainasara
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