Maizama Surname
Approximately 1,478 people bear this surname
Maizama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,421 | 1:13,506 | 940 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Maïzama (7) are calculated separately.
Maizama (295) may also be a first name.
Maizama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maizama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maizama has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms: Maïzama. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maizama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 264,801st most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,930,681 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maizama live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 513,559th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 295 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 1,421 people, or 1 in 13,506. In Niger Maizama is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 70 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 15 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 9 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 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 Maizama
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