Matara Surname
Approximately 13,762 people bear this surname
Matara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,733 | 1:6,859 | 918 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,696 | 1:9,103 | 1,117 |
| Tanzania | 1,434 | 1:36,919 | 4,280 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| India | 546 | 1:1,404,882 | 53,908 |
| Indonesia | 407 | 1:324,937 | 28,485 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Peru | 294 | 1:108,109 | 6,654 |
| Turkey | 223 | 1:348,975 | 22,023 |
| Romania | 195 | 1:102,963 | 11,653 |
| Brazil | 143 | 1:1,497,023 | 50,066 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Greece | 78 | 1:142,049 | 23,538 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Finland | 43 | 1:127,830 | 12,225 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Bhutan | 21 | 1:29,335 | 539 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Cook Islands | 14 | 1:1,298 | 323 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Matară (1) & Matără (4) are calculated separately.
Matara (5,722) may also be a first name.
Matara Demographics
Average Matara Salary in
United States
$48,950 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Matara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matara (Arabic: ماطرا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻄﺎﺭ, Hindi: मतरा, Marathi: माटरा, Oriya: ମତରା, Russian: Матара, Tibetan: མ་ཏ་ར།) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Matară or Matără. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matara is the 38,240th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 529,541 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Matara live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 88,330th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 5,722 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 6,733 people, or 1 in 6,859. In Kenya Matara is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 34 percent live, Nyamira County, where 29 percent live and Nairobi County, where 9 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Matara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Matara has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Matara surname expanded 1,367 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Matara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Matara surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Matara last name are 38.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Matara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,150 per year; in South Africa they earn 17.98% more than the national average, earning R 280,368 per year and in United States they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning $48,950 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matara in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ཏ་ར། | matara | - |
| Matara in the Hindi language | ||
| मतरा | matara | 88.61 |
| मतारा | matara | 3.97 |
| मटरा | matara | 3.67 |
| मथरा | mathara | 2.17 |
| मटारा | matara | 0.75 |
| मातरा | matara | 0.37 |
| मथ्ुारा | mathuara | 0.3 |
| भारता | bharata | 0.07 |
| Matara in the Oriya language | ||
| ମତରା | matara | 56.52 |
| ମଟରା | matara | 17.39 |
| ମଟାରା | matara | 8.7 |
| ମାତାରା | matara | 8.7 |
| ମଟର | matara | 4.35 |
| ମାଟରା | matara | 4.35 |
| Matara in the Marathi language | ||
| माटरा | matara | 53.22 |
| मतारा | matara | 36.05 |
| मतरा | matara | 6.01 |
| मटारा | matara | 2.58 |
| मातरा | matara | 1.29 |
| मटरा | matara | 0.43 |
| Matara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻄﺎﺭ | mtar | 50 |
| ﻣﻄﺎﺭﻩ | mtarh | 50 |
| Matara in the Russian language | ||
| Матара | matara | - |
| Matara in the Arabic language | ||
| ماطرا | matra | - |
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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 Matara
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