Matacha Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Matacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Matacha (28) may also be a first name.
Matacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matacha (Oriya: ମଟଚା) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matacha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname Matacha occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matacha are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 28 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania Matacha is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matacha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matacha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଟଚା | mataca | - |
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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 Matacha
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