Matapa Surname
Approximately 2,352 people bear this surname
Matapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 601 | 1:34,558 | 4,648 |
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Zimbabwe | 269 | 1:57,391 | 8,703 |
| India | 162 | 1:4,734,971 | 120,979 |
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Matapa (3,116) may also be a first name.
Matapa Demographics
Average Matapa Salary in
South Africa
R 60,096
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matapa (Marathi: मातापा) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matapa is the 181,039th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,098,446 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matapa live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 129,076th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 3,116 people.
The last name Matapa is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 34,558. In Cameroon Matapa is most common in: Far North Region, where 97 percent are found, North Region, where 3 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Matapa occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.
Matapa Last Name Statistics demography
Matapa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.71% less than the national average, earning R 60,096 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matapa in the Marathi language | ||
| मातापा | matapa | - |
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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 Matapa
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