Matairu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Matairu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Matairu (25) may also be a first name.
Matairu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matairu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matairu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matairu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Matairu reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Matairu is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 58 percent are found, Ogun, where 25 percent are found and Delta, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 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 Matairu
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