Maatela Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Maatela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Maatela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maatela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maatela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻞ) is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maatela.
How Common Is The Last Name Maatela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Maatela occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Maatela reside; 78 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Maatela is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 343,544. In Finland it is primarily found in: Lapland, where 44 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 31 percent reside and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent reside. Beside Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 22 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maatela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maatela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻞ | mtl | 80 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻼ | mtla | 20 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maatela
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