Matalai Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Matalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Matalai (17) may also be a first name.
Matalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matalai (Marathi: मटलाई) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matalai.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matalai is the 2,007,164th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Matalai are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 15,980,529. In India Matalai is most numerous in: Meghalaya, where 69 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 29 percent are found and Karnataka, where 2 percent are found. Apart from India it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and Liberia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matalai in the Marathi language | ||
| मटलाई | matala'i | 91.67 |
| मतलाई | matala'i | 8.33 |
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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 Matalai
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