Matap Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Matap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matap (155) may also be a first name.
Matap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matap Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matap (Bengali: মাতাপ, Hindi: माताप, Marathi: मटाप, Oriya: ମାତପ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Matap click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matap? popularity and diffusion
Matap is the 1,328,442nd most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Matap live; 52 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 738,219th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 155 people.
Matap is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 51 percent are found, West Region, where 31 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Matap exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matap Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matap in the Bengali language | ||
| মাতাপ | matapa | - |
| Matap in the Hindi language | ||
| माताप | matapa | - |
| Matap in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାତପ | matapa | - |
| Matap in the Marathi language | ||
| मटाप | matapa | 60 |
| मताप | matapa | 40 |
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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
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- 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 Matap
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