Mata'afa Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Mata'afa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mata'afa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Samoa11:193,8081,089

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Maataafa881/
Matafa86479/
Mastafa801,732/
Mataifa80146/
Mathafa8028/
Matafad8021/
Mattafa8018/
Mataafe806/
Mataafi803/
Matasfa802/
Mostaafa75214/
Mastafai7575/
Maustafa7526/
Masthafa759/
Maittafa755/
Masstafa753/
Mashtafa752/
Most'afa751/
Mathafha751/
Maetafau751/
Mastaffa751/
Muitaafa751/
Maistafa751/
Mastahfa751/
Masteafa751/
Matafi71596/
Motafa71229/
Matafe7175/
Matafo7128/
Matofa7127/
Metafa7116/
Matefa716/
Moostaafa714/
Mastafaah711/
Mostafa671,096,096/
Mastafi67313/
Matapha67187/
Mastofa67117/
Mataffo6781/
Mahtafi6772/
Moutafa6748/
Matafer6715/
Muitafa6714/
Matafeu6712/
Matavah679/
Mahtofa677/
Mataffe675/
Mosstaafaa674/
Matafuj673/
Matoufa672/
Mathafe672/
Matafei671/
Matafod671/
Matepfa671/
Matafou671/
Mattafi671/
Moitafa671/
Mathafaith671/
Mataifo671/
Mattafo671/
Mattefa671/
Maitofa671/
Mootafa671/
Modtafa671/
Mattofa671/
Methafa671/

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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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