Matarai Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Matarai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Matarai (89) may also be a first name.
Matarai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matarai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matarai (Bengali: মতরাই, Hindi: मटराई) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matarai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matarai is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Matarai live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most widely held forename on earth, held by 89 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live, North Region, where 8 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matarai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matarai in the Bengali language | ||
| মতরাই | matara'i | 61.54 |
| মতারাই | matara'i | 23.08 |
| মাতারাই | matara'i | 7.69 |
| মতারায় | mataraya | 7.69 |
| Matarai in the Hindi language | ||
| मटराई | matara'i | 50 |
| मतराई | matara'i | 50 |
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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 Matarai
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