Matekera Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Matekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
Matekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matekera is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Matekera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matekera? popularity and diffusion
Matekera is the 1,231,034th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matekera reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Matekera is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathekera | 94 | 4 | / |
| Matekere | 88 | 492 | / |
| Matekeri | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mathekere | 82 | 23 | / |
| Matyokera | 82 | 9 | / |
| Matekaira | 82 | 7 | / |
| Matekiere | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matechera | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matakara | 75 | 23 | / |
| Matakira | 75 | 13 | / |
| Matokora | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motekara | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matekaire | 71 | 77 | / |
| Matakkara | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mattakara | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mathikere | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mathokora | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mathikeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matechere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mothekere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mattakkara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matokoro | 63 | 79 | / |
| Matikoro | 63 | 11 | / |
| Mataqara | 63 | 6 | / |
| Matakaro | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matakiro | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matacara | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mataquero | 59 | 4 | / |
| Maitaqara | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mathakaro | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mataqueiro | 56 | 58 | / |
| Motokara | 50 | 19 | / |
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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 Matekera
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