Matafa Surname
Approximately 479 people bear this surname
Matafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 273 | 1:70,300 | 3,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Matafa (131) may also be a first name.
Matafa Demographics
Average Matafa Salary in
South Africa
R 45,756
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matafa is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matafa? popularity and diffusion
Matafa is the 636,210th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,214,083 people. The surname Matafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matafa live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 811,108th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 131 people.
The last name Matafa is most common in Niger, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 70,300. In Niger Matafa is most common in: Zinder Region, where 38 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 25 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 21 percent are found. Barring Niger Matafa occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Matafa Last Name Statistics demography
Matafa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.75% less than the national average, earning R 45,756 per year.
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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 Matafa
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