Mefetah Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Mefetah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mefetah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379

Mefetah Last Name Facts

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

Mefetah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mefetah.

How Common Is The Last Name Mefetah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mefetah is the 1,398,030th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mefetah are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Without taking into account Morocco Mefetah exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found and Spain, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metfetah931/
Mefeta9216/
Mifetah8617/
Mafetah8610/
Mefetha867/
Mefatah862/
Mefitah861/
Mefetat861/
Mevetah861/
Mifetahe804/
Mefeutoh802/
Mifeta772,576/
Mafeta77278/
Mofeta77171/
Mefita7736/
Mafitah71149/
Mifitah7125/
Mefeuto7120/
Mifetha719/
Mefetgo713/
Mifatah713/
Mafetha711/
Mafheta711/
Mefeteu711/
Mafotah711/
Mafeeta711/
Mofetta711/
Mofatah711/
Movetah711/
Mofattah6734/
Mifitahe671/
Meffeuto671/
Mefeuteu671/

Mefetah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mefetah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡmftah-

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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 Mefetah
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