Mayiga Surname
Approximately 866 people bear this surname
Mayiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 815 | 1:47,901 | 5,873 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mayiga (34) may also be a first name.
Mayiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mayiga occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 404,712th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayiga reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mayiga is also the 1,775,424th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 34 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 815 people, or 1 in 47,901. In Uganda Mayiga is mostly found in: Masaka District, where 23 percent live, Wakiso District, where 18 percent live and Kampala District, where 16 percent live. Apart from Uganda it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Mayiga
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