Matalau Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Matalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 283 | 1:3,160 | 561 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matalau (96) may also be a first name.
Matalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matalau is carried by more people in Fiji than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matalau is the 723,769th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Matalau are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Fiji. Matalau is also the 968,397th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 96 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Fiji, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 3,160. Beside Fiji this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 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 Matalau
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