Murtafa Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Murtafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murtafa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia571:2,320,161139,963
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
India171:45,121,493474,784
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Murtafa (65) may also be a first name.

Murtafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murtafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Murtafa (Hindi: मुरतफा) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murtafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,882,912th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Murtafa is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Murtafa live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Murtafa is also the 1,212,820th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 65 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 2,320,161. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Jakarta, where 72 percent are found, East Java, where 14 percent are found and Central Java, where 9 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and India, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musrtafa9313/
Murtaffa933/
Murtasfa931/
Murtafi8652/
Murtofa8610/
Mortafa861/
Murtafie8010/
Murtapha809/
Murtafii805/
Mourtafi801/
Mourtafii7510/
Musrtapha753/
Murtofo7112/
Mousrtapha711/
Mortaphah631/
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Murtafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murtafa in the Hindi language
मुरतफाmuratapha89.29
मुर्तफाmurtapha7.14
मूरतफाmuratapha3.57

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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 Murtafa
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