Matamba Surname

24,656th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Gabon

Matamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola11,4371:2,360398
DR Congo4,4531:16,5912,078
Gabon2,4251:779128
Zimbabwe1,6341:9,4481,175
Ecuador6761:23,5293,170
South Africa4601:117,77814,016
Colombia3831:124,7364,012
Tanzania1331:398,05728,212
Cameroon851:244,34224,081
Congo611:81,7886,954
Zambia311:511,28822,588
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Belgium171:676,27358,718
France161:4,151,420237,746
England151:3,714,537119,675
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Matamba (1,010) may also be a first name.

Matamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matamba is held by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Matamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 24,656th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 332,719 people. Matamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Matamba live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 253,019th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 1,010 people.

Matamba is most frequent in Angola, where it is borne by 11,437 people, or 1 in 2,360. Not including Angola this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Gabon, where 11 percent reside.

Matamba Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Matamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.14% less than the national average, earning R 123,228 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.61% less than the national average, earning $17,116,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.93% more than the national average, earning $48,297 USD per year.

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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 Matamba
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