Mataganas Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Mataganas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 784 | 1:129,130 | 22,042 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Matagañas (1) are calculated separately.
Mataganas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mataganas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mataganas is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Matagañas. Click here for further possible spellings of Mataganas.
How Common Is The Last Name Mataganas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 431,914th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,143,721 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mataganas are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Mataganas is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 784 people, or 1 in 129,130. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 23 percent live, National Capital Region, where 18 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 11 percent live. Not including The Philippines Mataganas exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matagañas | 96 | 1 | / |
| Matagana | 94 | 5 | / |
| Matangana | 89 | 658 | / |
| Mateagana | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mathagana | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mataganos | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mathangana | 84 | 586 | / |
| Mathakgana | 84 | 39 | / |
| Matuiganas | 84 | 1 | / |
| Motagana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matongana | 78 | 9 | / |
| Motangana | 78 | 4 | / |
| Maitagona | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matangouna | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mathangano | 74 | 1 | / |
| Motagano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mothokgana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mathangona | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matoungouna | 60 | 14 | / |
| Moutougouna | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mataganas
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