Mainta Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Mainta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 339 | 1:522,545 | 25,784 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïnta (1) are calculated separately.
Mainta (760) may also be a first name.
Mainta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mainta (Hindi: मैन्ता, Oriya: ମଇା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Maïnta. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 697,244th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mainta reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 297,915th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 760 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria Mainta is most numerous in: Borno, where 40 percent reside, Yobe, where 26 percent reside and Adamawa, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Greece, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mainta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mainta in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଇା | maia | 50 |
| ମଇ | ma'i | 50 |
| Mainta in the Hindi language | ||
| मैन्ता | mainta | 33.33 |
| मैंता | mainta | 22.22 |
| मैनता | mainata | 22.22 |
| मइन्ता | ma'inta | 11.11 |
| मैन्टा | mainta | 11.11 |
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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 Mainta
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