Matcheng Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Matcheng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Matcheng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matcheng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matcheng is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matcheng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matcheng is the 4,307,654th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Matcheng live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Matcheng is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 89 percent are found, Far North Region, where 6 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 14 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
- 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 Matcheng
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