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 is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mtafi is the 675,256th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. Mtafi 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 surname Mtafi is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 175,303. In Tanzania Mtafi is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 59 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 21 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Mtafi occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 31 percent reside and France, where 0 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mtafi
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