Maitawa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Maitawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Maitawa (126) may also be a first name.
Maitawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maitawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maitawa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maitawa is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Maitawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Maitawa live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Maitawa is also the 829,183rd most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 126 people.
Maitawa is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon Maitawa is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, North Region, where 26 percent reside and East Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Maitawa
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