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 surname Matape (Marathi: माटपे) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matape? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,775,494th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Matape reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently held first name globally, held by 102 people.
The last name Matape is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea Matape is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 40 percent live, West New Britain, where 38 percent live and East Sepik, where 20 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Matape 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
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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 Matape
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