Metafa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Metafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece151:738,65380,079
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Metafa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Metafa has its highest incidence in Greece. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Metafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Metafa occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Metafa are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 738,653. In Greece Metafa is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 100 percent live. Excluding Greece Metafa exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mestafa9219/
Metafas928/
Methafa921/
Metafahs8675/
Maetafea8612/
Mestafai862/
Maetafau861/
Mestafha861/
Mestapfa861/
Messtafa861/
Matafa83479/
Motafa83229/
Metafe83155/
Metafo8361/
Metafi8344/
Mitafa8327/
Metefa838/
Metofa831/
Mataafa77288/
Mataifa77146/
Mujtafa7776/
Mistafa7751/
Mehtafi7749/
Metaffe7742/
Mestofa7736/
Mathafa7728/
Metafeu7722/
Mystafa7721/
Mattafa7718/
Muitafa7714/
Moitafa771/
Miotafa771/
Mestafi771/
Modtafa771/
Metaffo771/
Metafeh771/
Meutafe771/
Mata'afa7144/
Muistafa7111/
Maetefau717/
Maittafa715/
Mestapha714/
Mistaffa713/
Muittafa712/
Metaphat712/
Mystafaj712/
Muystafa712/
Muitaafa711/
Maataafa711/
Moystafa711/
Mojstafa711/
Maistafa711/
Metafeuh711/
Mathafha711/
Moistafa711/
Metaffey710/
Methaphat67290/
Motefa6789/
Metofe6750/
Matafo6728/
Matofa6727/
Mitafi6717/
Motofa6711/
Matefa676/
Methaapha674/
Mytafi672/
Metefo671/
Mitofa671/
Muysstafa671/

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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 Metafa
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