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 last name Maatela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻞ) is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maatela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maatela is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Maatela is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Maatela are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Maatela is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 343,544. In Finland Maatela is primarily concentrated in: Lapland, where 44 percent live, Uusimaa, where 31 percent live and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent live. Beside Finland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 22 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.
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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