Matandala Surname
Approximately 2,660 people bear this surname
Matandala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,359 | 1:12,597 | 1,971 |
| Tanzania | 1,299 | 1:40,756 | 4,664 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matandala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matandala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matandala is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matandala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matandala is the 163,317th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,739,679 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matandala live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Matandala is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,359 people, or 1 in 12,597. Other than Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 49 percent reside and South Africa, 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
- 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 Matandala
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