Matawal Surname

175,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nepal

Matawal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matawal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2271:144,3719,208
Nepal1,2041:23,6551,031
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matawal (363) may also be a first name.

Matawal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matawal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matawal (Marathi: मातावाल, Oriya: ମତୱାଲ) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matawal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 175,427th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,984,253 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Matawal live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Matawal is also the 456,894th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 363 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,227 people, or 1 in 144,371. In Nigeria Matawal is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 93 percent are found, Bauchi, where 3 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 49 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Matawal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matawal in the Oriya language
ମତୱାଲmatawala-
Matawal in the Marathi language
मातावालmatavala-

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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
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