Mefal Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Mefal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 75 | 1:54,598 | 3,928 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mefal (32) may also be a first name.
Mefal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mefal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺎﻝ, Hindi: मेफल) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,136,387th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mefal live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Mefal is also the 1,840,253rd most common forename world-wide, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 54,598. In Mauritania Mefal is primarily found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mefail | 91 | 50 | / |
| Meffal | 91 | 21 | / |
| Mefall | 91 | 14 | / |
| Mefale | 91 | 11 | / |
| Mefaul | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mefasel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafal | 80 | 53 | / |
| Mofal | 80 | 11 | / |
| Mifal | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mefaicel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maifal | 73 | 99 | / |
| Mafalh | 73 | 14 | / |
| Maffal | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mahfal | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mayfal | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mafall | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mofail | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mhafal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Moffal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mifhal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moifal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafeal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mojfal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mofall | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mifail | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mefoil | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mefailova | 71 | 7 | / |
| Maifale | 67 | 161 | / |
| Mahafal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Michfal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mefgoul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moifaul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Misfall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maephal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayfall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifaul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifail | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moffall | 67 | 0 | / |
Mefal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mefal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻔﺎﻝ | mfal | - |
| Mefal in the Hindi language | ||
| मेफल | mephala | - |
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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 Mefal
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