Matao Surname
Approximately 1,376 people bear this surname
Matao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 614 | 1:164,883 | 27,024 |
| Tanzania | 243 | 1:217,867 | 18,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 167 | 1:48,825 | 6,087 |
| Brazil | 121 | 1:1,769,209 | 57,430 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Matao (4,243) may also be a first name.
Matao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matao is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 280,606th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,296,182 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Matao reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Matao is also the 106,405th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 4,243 people.
The surname Matao is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 614 people, or 1 in 164,883. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Davao Region, where 49 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 27 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 9 percent live. Other than The Philippines Matao occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Matao Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Matao has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Matao
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