Matalama Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Matalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Matalama (41) may also be a first name.
Matalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matalama is found most frequently in Chad. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 716,247th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. Matalama is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Matalama reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Matalama is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 41 people.
This last name is most common in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Without taking into account Chad this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matalamaa | 94 | 13 | / |
| Matallama | 94 | 2 | / |
| Mathalama | 94 | 1 | / |
| Matailaema | 89 | 10 | / |
| Mathalamah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matallamas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matelama | 88 | 132 | / |
| Matalami | 88 | 96 | / |
| Matalame | 88 | 20 | / |
| Matalema | 88 | 1 | / |
| Motalama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Masthalamay | 84 | 1 | / |
| Matailema | 82 | 9 | / |
| Matollama | 82 | 2 | / |
| Matelaema | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mastalami | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maitalamou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mattaliamo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mattolamma | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matolame | 75 | 35 | / |
| Matalome | 75 | 19 | / |
| Meitalami | 71 | 145 | / |
| Metollama | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mostalami | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mothalamo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mathelema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mataloumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matouleima | 67 | 4 | / |
| Motolome | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Matalama
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis