Meftah Surname

18,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Meftah Surname User-submission:

Mefth means 'key' in Arabic. It is written مفتاح in the Arabic alphabet.

Meftah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria17,3601:2,225251
Morocco10,0541:3,429322
France3011:220,67334,242
Spain2621:178,44312,629
Bahrain2501:5,394963
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Belgium911:126,33718,388
Tunisia821:7,4471,250
United States721:5,034,152256,679
England721:773,86242,299
United Arab Emirates441:208,23314,206
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Libya361:173,444826
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Mauritania181:227,49210,961
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Finland81:687,08836,047
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Meftah (11,678) may also be a first name.

Meftah Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Mefth means 'key' in Arabic. It is written مفتاح in the Arabic alphabet.

- yassin002oussama

Meftah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meftah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ) is found most in Algeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meftah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 18,828th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 248,994 people. The last name Meftah occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Meftah reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Mahgreb. Meftah is also the 55,204th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 11,678 people.

The surname Meftah is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 17,360 people, or 1 in 2,225. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 10 percent reside, Biskra Province, where 9 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 8 percent reside. Other than Algeria it is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 34 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Meftah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Meftah last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

The amount Meftah earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.59% more than the national average, earning $50,309 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.86% less than the national average, earning $36,834 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meftahy92139/
Mieftah9229/
Mefttah926/
Meftaha923/
Meftach922/
Mehftah922/
Meftaah922/
Mefhtah921/
Mefftah921/
Metftah921/
Mesftah921/
Meeftah921/
Mefta911,303/
Mefftahe861/
Moftah8354,962/
Miftah8335,346/
Maftah833,655/
Mevtah8320/
Meftha833/
Meftoh832/
Meftai831/
Meftouh771,095/
Maftaha771,019/
Miftahu77172/
Miftach7732/
Mifthah7726/
Mifftah777/
Miftaha774/
Moftahh771/
Maftajh771/
Mefthai771/
Mmiftah771/
Mifta7311,983/
Mafta7388/
Mofta7311/
Mebta7310/
Moftahei71104/
Moftahey719/
Moftahah718/
Mifthaah712/
Mifthahe711/
Miffthah711/
Mawtah67427/
Miftha67399/
Maftaa67200/
Miftau67100/
Miftahova6765/
Maftea6760/
Movtah6713/
Moftau6713/
Maftau673/
Miftaj671/
Moftaa671/
Maefto671/
Maftai671/
Maftha671/
Maafta671/
Mebtha671/
Meftei671/
Meftey671/
Moftahaha671/
Moffta671/
Maftoh671/
Miftay671/
Mahfta670/

Meftah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meftah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡmftah95.83
ﺍﻟﻤﻔﺘﺎﺡalmftah4.17

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