Matalay Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Matalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 196 | 1:22,493 | 2,218 |
| Philippines | 98 | 1:1,033,043 | 87,420 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
Matalay (20) may also be a first name.
Matalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matalay occurs most in Liberia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matalay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 855,216th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Matalay live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 20 people.
The surname Matalay is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 22,493. In Liberia Matalay is most common in: Bong County, where 45 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 23 percent are found and Nimba County, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 31 percent are found and India, where 8 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
- 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 Matalay
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