Maikano
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Maikano is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: person from Kano.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- BWBotswana≈1 in 8.6K
- CMCameroon≈1 in 70K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 35 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Botswana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Kano
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maikano counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈7,900 est. | ≈1 in 27K | Maikano | 35 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 70K | Maikano | 1 |
| BW Botswana | #867 | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | Maikano | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 357K | Maikano | 9 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 665K | Maikano | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maikano mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Kano Recorded by African Muslim Names.
- In which country does Maikano have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.9 thousand people named Maikano in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maikano.
- How common is the name Maikano?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7,900 people in Nigeria have Maikano as their first surname, about 1 in 27 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Maikano compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Maikano is the 867th most common surname of 987 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maikano” — the 867th most common surname in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.