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
The last name Mairiga is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as: Maïriga or Maîriga. For other possible spellings of Mairiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairiga? popularity and diffusion
Mairiga is the 62,347th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 904,948 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mairiga are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 98,421st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 4,821 people.
Mairiga is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,355 people, or 1 in 24,085. In Nigeria it is most common in: Taraba, where 22 percent live, Bauchi, where 15 percent live and Kano, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria Mairiga occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Mairiga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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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