Maitela Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Maitela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Maitela (65) may also be a first name.
Maitela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maitela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maitela occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,907,068th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Maitela occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Maitela live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 65 people.
The surname Maitela is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Maitela is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 57 percent reside and Zamfara, where 43 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Niger, where 12 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 Maitela
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