Maftun Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Maftun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Maftun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Maftun (1,827) may also be a first name.

Maftun Last Name Facts

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

Maftun (Hindi: मफतुन, Marathi: मफतुन) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Maftun.

How Common Is The Last Name Maftun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Maftun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Maftun reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 178,524th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 1,827 people.

The surname Maftun is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 91 percent live and Balochistan, where 9 percent live. Excluding Pakistan it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maftoun9235/
Maftuin929/
Mahftun921/
Maftum83101/
Mafton835/
Meftun832/
Maftuchin80128/
Maftoon77184/
Maftoum7737/
Mawton671/
Mofton671/
Moftoon62118/
Mowton5033/
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Maftun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maftun in the Hindi language
मफतुनmaphatuna-
Maftun in the Marathi language
मफतुनmaphatuna-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Maftun
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