Mayira Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Mayira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 181 | 1:13,312 | 2,453 |
| Uganda | 105 | 1:371,803 | 23,930 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Kenya | 22 | 1:2,099,086 | 36,356 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mayira (995) may also be a first name.
Mayira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mayira occurs most in Namibia. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mayira is the 620,716th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Mayira live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mayira is also the 255,148th most common first name at a global level It is held by 995 people.
It is most widespread in Namibia, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 13,312. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Kavango East Region, where 97 percent live, Erongo Region, where 2 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Namibia Mayira is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 21 percent live and India, where 11 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 Mayira
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