Maate Surname
Approximately 6,864 people bear this surname
Maate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,607 | 1:5,909 | 1,050 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Maaté (1) are calculated separately.
Maate (171) may also be a first name.
Maate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maate (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻂ, Marathi: माटे) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Maaté. Click here for other possible spellings of Maate.
How Common Is The Last Name Maate? popularity and diffusion
Maate is the 71,882nd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,061,705 people. The last name Maate occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maate reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Maate is also the 698,971st most widespread given name in the world, borne by 171 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 6,607 people, or 1 in 5,909. In Uganda it is most common in: Bundibugyo District, where 42 percent live, Kasese District, where 38 percent live and Kabarole District, where 9 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Maate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Maate has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Maate last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻂ | mt | - |
| Maate in the Marathi language | ||
| माटे | mate | 94.44 |
| मते | mate | 5.56 |
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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 Maate
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