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 more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,136,387th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Mefal occurs predominantly 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 frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 32 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 54,598. In Mauritania Mefal is mostly found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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
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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 Mefal
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