Matalama Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Matalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matalama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

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 in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matalama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matalama is the 716,247th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. Matalama occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Matalama are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 41 people.

The last name Matalama is most commonly used in Chad, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Beside Chad this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Uganda, 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
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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 Matalama
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