Mefall Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mefall Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mefall Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefall Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mefall (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺎﻝ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefall? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Mefall reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Mefall is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 77 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 8 percent are found and Inchiri Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mefal | 91 | 78 | / |
| Mefail | 83 | 50 | / |
| Meffal | 83 | 21 | / |
| Mefale | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mafall | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mofall | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mefaul | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mefasel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Misfall | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mayfall | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moffall | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mafal | 73 | 53 | / |
| Mofal | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mifal | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mefaicel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maifal | 67 | 99 | / |
| Mafalh | 67 | 14 | / |
| Maffal | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mahfal | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mefailova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mayfal | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mofail | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mhafal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moffal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mifhal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moifal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafeal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mojfal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mifail | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mefoil | 67 | 1 | / |
Mefall Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mefall in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻔﺎﻝ | mfal | - |
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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 Mefall
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