Matege Surname
Approximately 3,611 people bear this surname
Matege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,316 | 1:11,773 | 1,956 |
| Tanzania | 262 | 1:202,067 | 17,227 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matege (96) may also be a first name.
Matege Demographics
Matege Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matege is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matege? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 125,946th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,018,152 people. Matege is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matege are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Matege is also the 968,397th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 96 people.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,316 people, or 1 in 11,773. In Uganda Matege is primarily concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 39 percent are found, Buyende District, where 20 percent are found and Luuka District, where 13 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Matege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Matege
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