Matai'a Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Matai'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Matai'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matai'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matai'a is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matai'a? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Matai'a is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Matai'a are found; 85 percent are found in Australasia and 85 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
Matai'a is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 266,372. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 94 percent are found and Waikato Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside New Zealand this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and American Samoa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Matai'a
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