Matanye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Matanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Matanye (17) may also be a first name.
Matanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matanye is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matanye.
How Common Is The Last Name Matanye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Matanye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matanye are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent forename in the world, held by 17 people.
This surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 406,512. In Lesotho Matanye is most common in: Mokhotlong District, where 100 percent reside. Not including Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 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 Matanye
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