Mayef Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Mayef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mayef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria271:1,430,79842,881
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Mayef Last Name Facts

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

Mayef is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mayef? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Mayef occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mayef live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 1,430,798. In Algeria Mayef is most frequent in: Tindouf Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Algeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Iraq, where 9 percent live.

Mayef Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mayef earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.73% more than the national average, earning R 524,544 per year and in United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mayefe911/
Mayf895/
Maef892/
Mayof80204/
Mayev8064/
Mayew8046/
Mayif8043/
Mayeb804/
Mayuf803/
Meyef802/
Mayfe801/
Moyef801/
Maief801/
Majef801/
Mayhew7321,625/
Mayouf7320,320/
Mayoof73581/
M'Ayif7399/
Mayoff7387/
Mayeva7350/
Mahief7318/
Mayhof7315/
Majeef736/
Mayafe734/
Mayuof731/
Mayofe731/
Mayhev731/
Maueff731/
Mayiev731/
Mayife731/
Mmmaef730/
Maev671,270/
Mauf6783/
Maif6744/
Mayb6717/
Mayhoff6716/
Mayoufe6715/
Myev677/
Mayophe676/
Majf675/
Meef675/
Meif674/
Mief674/
M'Ayiff672/
Meyf672/
Mayw672/
Moyf671/
Meuf671/
Myew671/
Muef671/
Mayaphe671/
Mayhiew670/
Mayhofe670/

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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 Mayef
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