Mataura Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Mataura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Mataura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mataura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mataura (Hindi: मतौरा) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mataura.
How Common Is The Last Name Mataura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mataura are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mataura is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 335,614. In Zimbabwe Mataura is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 65 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mataura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mataura in the Hindi language | ||
| मतौरा | mataura | 66.67 |
| मटौरा | mataura | 33.33 |
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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 Mataura
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