Matafari Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Matafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matafari (278) may also be a first name.
Matafari Demographics
Matafari Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matafari is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matafari? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 823,466th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name Matafari occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Matafari live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matafari is also the 532,586th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 278 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 337,350. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
Matafari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Matafari
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