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
Maitela is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maitela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,907,068th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Maitela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Maitela live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maitela is also the 1,212,820th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 65 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 57 percent are found and Zamfara, where 43 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and Niger, where 12 percent are found.
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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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