Matagah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Matagah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Matagah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matagah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matagah is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Matagah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matagah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matagah is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Matagah live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 20 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Matagah is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live and Vihiga County, where 50 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Matagah
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