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Where Does The Last Name Matay Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Matay (Hindi: मतया, Marathi: मतय, Oriya: ମତାୟ, Russian: Матай, Tibetan: དམར་ཀྲེ།) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Mátay. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matay? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Matay is the 214,270^th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,795,597 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Matay are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Matay is also the 198,465^th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 1,528 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 932 people, or 1 in 56,804. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 85 percent live, Arusha Region, where 10 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 12 percent live.

Matay Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Matay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Matay surname expanded 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Matay Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Matay surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those holding the Matay surname are 11.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Matay earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.47% less than the national average, earning R 25,032 per year; in United States they earn 16.49% less than the national average, earning $36,034 USD per year and in Canada they earn 55.11% more than the national average, earning $77,065 CAD per year.