Mairiama Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Mairiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Mairiama (221) may also be a first name.
Mairiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mairiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mairiama is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mairiama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairiama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Mairiama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mairiama are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mairiama is also the 606,684th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 221 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,310,864. In Burkina Faso Mairiama is most numerous in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mairiama
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