Maftahi Surname

804,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Maftahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maftahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Maftahi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maftahi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Maftahi is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Maftahi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maftahi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 804,502nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maftahi live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.

Maftahi is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Excluding Morocco it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meftahi863,898/
Moftahi862,394/
Maftahe865/
Maftohi862/
Maftehi862/
Moftahei80104/
Mouftahi805/
Maftoohi801/
Mmeftahi801/
Moftahahi751/
Meftehi719/
Meftahe718/
Mafteuh711/
Moubtahi67170/
Mouftahe6710/
Moftahey679/
Mefftahe671/
Mabtae621/
Meftoui571/
Moftoei571/
Mobtahej533/
Mouftoua531/

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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 Maftahi
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