Mestefa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mestefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Mestefa (62) may also be a first name.
Mestefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mestefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mestefa occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mestefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Mestefa live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 62 people.
Mestefa is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Besides Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent reside and Iraq, where 17 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mestefa
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