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 last name Matalau is more commonly found in Fiji than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matalau.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 723,769th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Matalau reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Fiji. It is also the 968,397th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 96 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Fiji, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 3,160. Not including Fiji Matalau occurs in 6 countries. It is also common 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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