Matakone Surname
Approximately 1,749 people bear this surname
Matakone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,748 | 1:11,882 | 1,601 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matakone (1,364) may also be a first name.
Matakone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matakone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matakone is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matakone? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matakone is the 231,164th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,166,693 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakone reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Matakone is also the 212,200th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 1,364 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,748 people, or 1 in 11,882. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 76 percent live, North Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Matakone
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