Matanmi Surname

207,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Matanmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matanmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8641:95,0346,535
Benin821:126,04413,698
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Matanmi (284) may also be a first name.

Matanmi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matanmi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matanmi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matanmi is the 207,845th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,660,244 people. The last name Matanmi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matanmi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 525,265th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 284 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,864 people, or 1 in 95,034. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 40 percent reside, Ogun, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Matanmi Last Name Statistics demography

Matanmi earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning $12,375 USD per year.

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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 Matanmi
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