Matapon Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Matapon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matapon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Matapon (15) may also be a first name.

Matapon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matapon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matapon is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matapon? popularity and diffusion

Matapon is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Matapon live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matapon is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

Matapon is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Matapon is most common in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent live, East Region, where 8 percent live and West Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Thailand, where 6 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Matapon
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