Matakaya Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Matakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Matakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matakaya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matakaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Matakaya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakaya are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Matakaya is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 454,066. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 97 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Matakaya
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