Meftahi Surname

118,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Meftahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meftahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2,8411:13,5982,411
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
France2401:276,76142,544
Tunisia251:24,4253,774
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Meftahi (30) may also be a first name.

Meftahi Last Name Facts

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

Meftahi is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meftahi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 118,000th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,869,560 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Meftahi reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,911,214th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

This last name is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 2,841 people, or 1 in 13,598. In Algeria Meftahi is mostly found in: Tipasa Province, where 25 percent live, Algiers Province, where 23 percent live and Aïn Témouchent Province, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 19 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Meftahi Last Name Statistics demography

Meftahi earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mmeftahi931/
Moftahi862,394/
Miftahi86773/
Maftahi86348/
Mebtahi8610/
Meftehi869/
Meftahe868/
Moftahei80104/
Mefftahe801/
Moftahahi751/
Miftahe7120/
Maftahe715/
Maftehi712/
Maftohi712/
Meftoui711/
Moftahey679/
Maftoohi671/
Mifthahe671/
Moftoei571/
Mafteuh571/
Myftaeaj531/

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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 Meftahi
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