Maitana Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Maitana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maitana (139) may also be a first name.
Maitana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maitana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maitana (Oriya: ମାଇତାନ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maitana is the 1,364,059th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Maitana is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Maitana live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 139 people.
The surname Maitana is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maitana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maitana in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଇତାନ | ma'itana | - |
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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 Maitana
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