Where Does The Last Name Matape Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Matape (Marathi: माटपे) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found 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 Matape is the 1,775,494^th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 935,178^th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 102 people.

Matape is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 40 percent are found, West New Britain, where 38 percent are found and East Sepik, where 20 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 47 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.