Maiwai Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Maiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 128 | 1:162,258 | 17,563 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Maiwai (246) may also be a first name.
Maiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maiwai is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,144,405th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Maiwai are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 569,299th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 246 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 162,258. In Cameroon Maiwai is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 68 percent live, North Region, where 31 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Maiwai occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 29 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
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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 Maiwai
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