maternal aunt vs niece

maternal aunt

noun
  • A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. 

  • A sister of one's mother. 

  • A similar great aunt, etc. 

niece

noun
  • A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law 

  • A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). 

How often have the words maternal aunt and niece occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )