Mateje Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mateje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mateje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mateje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mateje is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mateje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mateje is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mateje are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mateje is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 50 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 11 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 Mateje
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