Matawal Surname
Approximately 2,442 people bear this surname
Matawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,227 | 1:144,371 | 9,208 |
| Nepal | 1,204 | 1:23,655 | 1,031 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matawale | 93 | 224 | / |
| Mastawal | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mautawal | 93 | 3 | / |
| Matawalle | 88 | 276 | / |
| Mathawale | 88 | 7 | / |
| Maatawale | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mataval | 86 | 273 | / |
| Matabal | 86 | 80 | / |
| Metawal | 86 | 10 | / |
| Matawol | 86 | 2 | / |
| Motawal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Matowal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mattawalle | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matavale | 80 | 162 | / |
| Mathaval | 80 | 89 | / |
| Mattewal | 80 | 41 | / |
| Mastaval | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mathabal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matabhal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mathavale | 75 | 698 | / |
| Mattowald | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mattavale | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhaitaval | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motaval | 71 | 260 | / |
| Metaval | 71 | 58 | / |
| Mateval | 71 | 4 | / |
| Matowol | 71 | 2 | / |
| Motabal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moitaval | 67 | 40 | / |
| Medtaval | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mehtaval | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mastavol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matowole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motavale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motavasel | 63 | 12 | / |
| Maitaboul | 63 | 1 | / |
| Motavassel | 59 | 29 | / |
| Motavalova | 59 | 1 | / |
| Motowol | 57 | 5 | / |
| Moteval | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mottavasell | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mothaval | 53 | 4 | / |
| Methaval | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mothavale | 50 | 1 | / |
| Meithaval | 50 | 1 | / |
Matawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matawal in the Oriya language | ||
| ମତୱାଲ | matawala | - |
| Matawal in the Marathi language | ||
| मातावाल | matavala | - |
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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 Matawal
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