Mattafa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Mattafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
Mattafa (16) may also be a first name.
Mattafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mattafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mattafa is most common in Niger. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mattafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mattafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mattafa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mattafa is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Mattafa is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent live and Diffa Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Niger this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 50 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mattafa
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