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 more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meftahi.

How Common Is The Last Name Meftahi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Meftahi is the 118,000th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,869,560 people. The last name Meftahi is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Meftahi are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,911,214th most common first name globally, held by 30 people.

This last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,841 people, or 1 in 13,598. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tipasa Province, where 25 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 23 percent are found and Aïn Témouchent Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Algeria Meftahi is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 19 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

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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