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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matapa.
How Common Is The Last Name Matapa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 181,039th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,098,446 people. Matapa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matapa are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matapa is also the 129,076th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 3,116 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 34,558. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 97 percent reside, North Region, where 3 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.
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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