Matazo Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Matazo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matazo (779) may also be a first name.
Matazo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matazo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matazo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Matazo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matazo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Matazo is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Matazo live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 293,989th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 779 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 98 percent reside and Oyo, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Matazo
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