Matamura Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Matamura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matamura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4841:264,14110,427
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Matamura Last Name Facts

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

Matamura is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matamura.

How Common Is The Last Name Matamura? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 617,991st most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Matamura reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 484 people, or 1 in 264,141. In Japan Matamura is primarily concentrated in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 44 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 31 percent reside and Aomori Prefecture, where 13 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Matamura
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