Matape Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Matape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Matape (102) may also be a first name.
Matape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matape Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matape (Marathi: माटपे) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Matape click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matape? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Matape live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matape is also the 935,178th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 102 people.
The last name Matape is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 40 percent live, West New Britain, where 38 percent live and East Sepik, where 20 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 47 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matape Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matape in the Marathi language | ||
| माटपे | matape | - |
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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 Matape
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