Matanai Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Matanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Matanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matanai occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matanai.
How Common Is The Last Name Matanai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Matanai are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Madang, where 88 percent reside, Bougainville, where 8 percent reside and West New Britain, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 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
- 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 Matanai
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