Matam Surname
Approximately 10,172 people bear this surname
Matam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,422 | 1:81,412 | 5,486 |
| Cameroon | 223 | 1:93,135 | 11,132 |
| Nepal | 103 | 1:276,514 | 3,401 |
| South Africa | 92 | 1:588,888 | 45,159 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Afghanistan | 42 | 1:765,552 | 8,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Matam (2,666) may also be a first name.
Matam Demographics
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Matam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matam (Bengali: মতম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺗﻢ, Hindi: मातम, Marathi: मातम, Oriya: ମାଟାମ, Russian: Матам, Tibetan: དམར་ཀྲེམོ་) is found most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 50,430th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 716,432 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Matam live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Matam is also the 142,011th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 2,666 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 9,422 people, or 1 in 81,412. In India Matam is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 49 percent live, Telangana, where 30 percent live and Odisha, where 18 percent live. Excluding India it is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Nepal, where 1 percent live.
Matam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Matam last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Matam earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.48% less than the national average, earning R 196,104 per year and in United States they earn 25.49% less than the national average, earning $32,149 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matam in the Tibetan language | ||
| དམར་ཀྲེམོ་ | martremo | - |
| Matam in the Bengali language | ||
| মতম | matama | - |
| Matam in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଟାମ | matama | 88.5 |
| ମାଟାମ୍ | matam | 4.79 |
| ମଟାମ | matama | 1.92 |
| ମାଟମ | matama | 1.2 |
| ମାତମ | matama | 0.6 |
| ମାଟମ୍ | matam | 0.48 |
| ମାଟାଦ୍ | matad | 0.12 |
| ମଟମ୍ | matam | 0.12 |
| ମଟମ | matama | 0.12 |
| ରାମ | rama | 0.12 |
| Matam in the Marathi language | ||
| मातम | matama | 79.07 |
| मटम | matama | 18.6 |
| मताम | matama | 2.33 |
| Matam in the Hindi language | ||
| मातम | matama | 61.9 |
| मटम | matama | 9.52 |
| मताम | matama | 9.52 |
| मातं | matam | 4.76 |
| मटटम | matatama | 4.76 |
| मतम | matama | 4.76 |
| मतं | matam | 4.76 |
| Matam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺗﻢ | matm | 60 |
| ﻣﺎﺗﺎﻡ | matam | 30 |
| ﻣﺘﺎﻡ | mtam | 10 |
| Matam in the Russian language | ||
| Матам | matam | - |
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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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- 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 Matam
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