Mtafi Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Mtafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 302 | 1:175,303 | 15,310 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Mtafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtafi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtafi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 675,256th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtafi live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mtafi is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 175,303. In Tanzania Mtafi is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 59 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 21 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 31 percent are found and France, where 0 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
- 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 Mtafi
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