Moktafi Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Moktafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moktafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moktafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moktafi is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moktafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moktafi is the 866,642nd most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Moktafi are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Outside of Morocco this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouktafi | 93 | 555 | / |
| Mokhtafi | 93 | 2 | / |
| Moukhtafi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Moktefi | 86 | 2,929 | / |
| Muktafi | 86 | 218 | / |
| Mokhtefi | 80 | 127 | / |
| Mokhtafa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mekhtafi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Muktaffi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mouqtafi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muktafis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moukhtafe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muqtafi | 71 | 24 | / |
| Muktafa | 71 | 22 | / |
| Maktafe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maktoofi | 67 | 627 | / |
| Muqtafiy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Makhtafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mukhtafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokthaphet | 59 | 22 | / |
| Mugtofi | 57 | 8 | / |
| Maqtafa | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mactafa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Makhtoufi | 50 | 7 | / |
| Mougtapha | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Moktafi
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