Matakana Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matakana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matakana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Botswana501:43,7398,388
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
India101:76,706,538639,611
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Matakana (69) may also be a first name.

Matakana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matakana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Matakana occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matakana is the 1,185,157th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Matakana occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Matakana are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 69 people.

Matakana is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Apart from The DR Congo Matakana exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 23 percent live.

Matakana Last Name Statistics demography

Matakana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.66% less than the national average, earning R 38,832 per year.

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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 Matakana
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