Mairiga Surname
Approximately 8,053 people bear this surname
Mairiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7,355 | 1:24,085 | 2,109 |
| Niger | 584 | 1:32,863 | 1,813 |
| Benin | 58 | 1:178,200 | 17,490 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Maïriga (28) & Maîriga (2) are calculated separately.
Mairiga (4,821) may also be a first name.
Mairiga Demographics
Mairiga Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mairiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mairiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mairiga is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Maïriga or Maîriga. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mairiga is the 62,347th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 904,948 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mairiga live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mairiga is also the 98,421st most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 4,821 people.
Mairiga is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,355 people, or 1 in 24,085. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Taraba, where 22 percent are found, Bauchi, where 15 percent are found and Kano, where 10 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Mairiga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (71%) 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 Mairiga
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