Maetalla Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Maetalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 460 | 1:8,902 | 944 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Maetalla (16) may also be a first name.
Maetalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maetalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maetalla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻞ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maetalla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 654,010th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maetalla reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 16 people.
The surname Maetalla is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 460 people, or 1 in 8,902. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 19 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania Maetalla is found in one country. It also occurs in Albania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maetalla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maetalla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻞ | mtl | 41.67 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻪ | mtlh | 27.27 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻞ | mtll | 27.27 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻼ | mtla | 3.79 |
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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 Maetalla
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