Motafa Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Motafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Motafa (167) may also be a first name.
Motafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motafa is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,079,669th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Motafa live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Motafa is also the 708,111th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 167 people.
The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Motafa
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