Mata'afa Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Mata'afa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
Mata'afa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mata'afa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mata'afa is most common in New Zealand. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mata'afa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mata'afa is the 2,944,094th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Mata'afa is primarily found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Mata'afa reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 39 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 283,020. In New Zealand Mata'afa is most numerous in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than New Zealand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent reside and American Samoa, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mataafa | 93 | 288 | / |
| Maataafa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matafa | 86 | 479 | / |
| Mastafa | 80 | 1,732 | / |
| Mataifa | 80 | 146 | / |
| Mathafa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Matafad | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mattafa | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mataafe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mataafi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Matasfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mostaafa | 75 | 214 | / |
| Mastafai | 75 | 75 | / |
| Maustafa | 75 | 26 | / |
| Masthafa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Maittafa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Masstafa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mashtafa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Most'afa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mathafha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maetafau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mastaffa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muitaafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maistafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mastahfa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masteafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matafi | 71 | 596 | / |
| Motafa | 71 | 229 | / |
| Matafe | 71 | 75 | / |
| Matafo | 71 | 28 | / |
| Matofa | 71 | 27 | / |
| Metafa | 71 | 16 | / |
| Matefa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Moostaafa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mastafaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mostafa | 67 | 1,096,096 | / |
| Mastafi | 67 | 313 | / |
| Matapha | 67 | 187 | / |
| Mastofa | 67 | 117 | / |
| Mataffo | 67 | 81 | / |
| Mahtafi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Moutafa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Matafer | 67 | 15 | / |
| Muitafa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Matafeu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Matavah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mahtofa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mataffe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mosstaafaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Matafuj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Matoufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mathafe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Matafei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matafod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matepfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matafou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moitafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mathafaith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mataifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maitofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mootafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Modtafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Methafa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mata'afa
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