Maiwane Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Maiwane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maiwane (17) may also be a first name.
Maiwane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiwane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maiwane has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Maiwane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiwane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maiwane are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Maiwane is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 301,001. In Cameroon Maiwane is most common in: Far North Region, where 96 percent are found and North Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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 Maiwane
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