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
Matege occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matege.
How Common Is The Last Name Matege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 125,946th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,018,152 people. The surname Matege occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matege live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most common first name internationally, borne by 96 people.
The surname Matege is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 3,316 people, or 1 in 11,773. In Uganda Matege is most numerous in: Kamuli District, where 39 percent live, Buyende District, where 20 percent live and Luuka District, where 13 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Matege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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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