Maikano
given name · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Maikano is a given name, most frequently recorded in Nigeria. It appears chiefly in Swahili and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: person from Kano.
- NGNigeria1 in 40K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 16K
- ZASouth Africa1 in 177K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 2.2K ●
- Sources
- 34 ●
in 5 countries
2.9K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
person from Kano
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | 1,799 | 2.5K rec. | — | Maikano | 34 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 192 | 303 rec. | — | Maikano | 8 |
| US United States | — | 7 | 20 rec. | — | Maikano | 7 |
| BW Botswana | #259 | 5 | 38 rec. | — | Maikano | 6 |
| CM Cameroon | — | 5 | 11 rec. | — | Maikano | 3 |
| GH Ghana | — | 5 | 8 rec. | — | Maikano | 5 |
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Languages●
- Swahili1.1K52%
- English79937%
- Indonesian583%
- Chinese321%
- Urdu221%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 1,124 | 52% |
| English | 799 | 37% |
| Indonesian | 58 | 3% |
| Chinese | 32 | 1% |
| Urdu | 22 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Maikano?
- Our records include 2,164 bearers of Maikano across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Maikano have the most bearers?
- Maikano is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled maikano.
- How common is Maikano compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Maikano is the 259th most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Maikano a male or female name?
- Maikano is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Maikano mean?
- Recorded meaning: person from Kano
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maikano” — the 259th most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.