Matafe Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Matafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Matafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matafe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻄﻒ, Marathi: माताफे) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matafe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Matafe live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Matafe is most frequent in: West Region, where 38 percent reside, Centre Region, where 36 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 5 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matafe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻄﻒ | mtf | - |
| Matafe in the Marathi language | ||
| माताफे | mataphe | - |
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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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- 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 Matafe
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