Maïga Surname
Approximately 55,465 people bear this surname
Maïga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 55,306 | 1:307 | 53 |
| Guinea | 61 | 1:193,997 | 987 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Maiga (452,826) & Maîga (18) are calculated separately.
Maïga (796) may also be a first name.
Maïga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maïga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maïga is found most in Mali. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Maiga or Maîga. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maïga? popularity and diffusion
Maïga is the 10,149th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 131,390 people. The last name Maïga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maïga are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Mande Africa. Maïga is also the 290,153rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 796 people.
It is most numerous in Mali, where it is held by 55,306 people, or 1 in 307. Aside from Mali Maïga is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 0 percent are found and Benin, 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
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- 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
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