Mainassara Surname
Approximately 8,670 people bear this surname
Mainassara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8,441 | 1:2,274 | 242 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Maïnassara (27) are calculated separately.
Mainassara (1,618) may also be a first name.
Mainassara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainassara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mainassara is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Maïnassara. For other possible spellings of Mainassara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainassara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mainassara is the 58,332nd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 840,547 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mainassara live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. Mainassara is also the 192,010th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 1,618 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 8,441 people, or 1 in 2,274. In Niger Mainassara is most frequent in: Dosso Region, where 47 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 15 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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
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