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
The surname Matalau is most common in Fiji. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matalau is the 723,769th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Matalau live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Fiji. It is also the 968,397th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 96 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Fiji, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 3,160. Without taking into account Fiji it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Matalau
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