Matsafi Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Israel

Matsafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Matsafi (120) may also be a first name.

Matsafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matsafi is found most in Niger. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matsafi is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Matsafi reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Matsafi is also the 852,104th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 120 people.

The last name Matsafi is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Niger it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Matsafi
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