Maiyaka Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Maiyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Maiyaka (12) may also be a first name.
Maiyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maiyaka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiyaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Maiyaka reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Maiyaka is most numerous in: Niger, where 60 percent live, Nasarawa, where 30 percent live and Zamfara, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Maiyaka
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