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 more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Motafa.
How Common Is The Last Name Motafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,079,669th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. Motafa is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Motafa are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Motafa is also the 708,111th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 167 people.
It is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Other than Egypt Motafa occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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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