Maiwei Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Maiwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Maiwei (760) may also be a first name.
Maiwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maiwei is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiwei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Maiwei reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maiwei is also the 297,915th most common given name in the world, held by 760 people.
The surname Maiwei is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 25 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 Maiwei
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