Matawai Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Matawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Matawai (65) may also be a first name.
Matawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matawai has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. Matawai is primarily found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Matawai are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,212,820th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea Matawai is most common in: Manus, where 44 percent are found, Morobe, where 29 percent are found and Madang, where 21 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Matawai
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