Mtafa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mtafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mtafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtafa is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Mtafa is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Mtafa reside; 25 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mtafa is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 132,249,194. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Aceh, where 100 percent reside. Barring Indonesia Mtafa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 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
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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
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