Matakon Surname

116,692nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Matakon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matakon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3,9181:5,301646
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Matakon (2,438) may also be a first name.

Matakon Last Name Facts

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

Matakon (Hindi: मटकों) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakon? popularity and diffusion

Matakon is the 116,692nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,845,416 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakon are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 149,938th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 2,438 people.

The last name Matakon is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 3,918 people, or 1 in 5,301. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 82 percent are found, North Region, where 14 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Matakon exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Matakon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matakon in the Hindi language
मटकोंmatakom-

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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 Matakon
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