Maitaya Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Maitaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Maitaya (626) may also be a first name.
Maitaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maitaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maitaya (Marathi: मैतया) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Maitaya are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 333,003rd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 626 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Maitaya is most common in: Sokoto, where 39 percent are found, Zamfara, where 27 percent are found and Kano, where 24 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maitaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maitaya in the Marathi language | ||
| मैतया | maitaya | - |
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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 Maitaya
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