Matamua Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Matamua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matamua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Samoa11:193,8081,089

Matamua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matamua is most common in New Zealand. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matamua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Matamua occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Matamua live; 54 percent live in Australasia and 54 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 167,716. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Auckland Region, where 74 percent live, Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 19 percent live and Bay of Plenty Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from New Zealand Matamua exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 16 percent live.

Matamua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Matamua surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Matamua earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 73.14% more than the national average, earning $74,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matamba8621,903/
Matamwa86247/
Matemua862/
Mathamba80105/
Matambai8022/
Mataimba8010/
Maitamba801/
Mattamba801/
Matambay801/
Mattamwad755/
Mattamwat753/
Mathambha752/
Maitambou751/
Matambo7113,886/
Motamba71157/
Mathambo672,263/
Moutamba6769/
Maitambo6767/
Moteamba674/
Mothamba671/
Matambho671/
Mautambo671/
Mattambo671/

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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 Matamua
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