Matanji Surname
Approximately 702 people bear this surname
Matanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 434 | 1:121,985 | 11,567 |
| Kenya | 263 | 1:175,589 | 13,278 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matanji Demographics
Matanji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matanji occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matanji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matanji is the 476,328th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. Matanji is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matanji reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 434 people, or 1 in 121,985. In Tanzania Matanji is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 78 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 37 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Matanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Matanji
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