Mataifa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Mataifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mataifa (59) may also be a first name.
Mataifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mataifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mataifa is found most in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mataifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mataifa is the 1,459,453rd most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mataifa are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 59 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mataifa
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