Matalom Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Matalom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matalom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Matalom Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matalom Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matalom is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matalom? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Matalom live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon Matalom is mostly found in: West Region, where 72 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 28 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 10 percent reside and Honduras, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Matalom
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