Matatai Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Matatai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matatai (20) may also be a first name.
Matatai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matatai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matatai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matatai.
How Common Is The Last Name Matatai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matatai is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Matatai live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Matatai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Matatai is most numerous in: East New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Matatai occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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
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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 Matatai
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