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 borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maetalla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maetalla is the 654,010th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 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 widespread first name at a global level, held by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 460 people, or 1 in 8,902. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 19 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Maetalla is found in one country. It also occurs in Albania, where 0 percent live.
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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