Matapha Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Matapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 169 | 1:113,562 | 4,501 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matapha (101) may also be a first name.
Matapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matapha has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matapha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matapha is the 1,239,697th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Matapha live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Chadic Africa. Matapha is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 101 people.
Matapha is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 113,562. In Niger Matapha is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 33 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 31 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 25 percent reside. Barring Niger it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Matapha
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