Meatalla Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Meatalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Meatalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meatalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meatalla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻪ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meatalla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meatalla is the 2,718,172nd most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meatalla are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Meatalla is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 94 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 2 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Meatalla is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meatalla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meatalla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻪ | mtlh | 77.78 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻞ | mtl | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻞ | mtll | 5.56 |
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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 Meatalla
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