Matelama Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Matelama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 130 | 1:38,378 | 3,637 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Matelama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matelama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matelama occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matelama? popularity and diffusion
Matelama is the 1,558,593rd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matelama live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Matelama is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 38,378. In The Congo Matelama is most prevalent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 88 percent are found, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 7 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 3 percent are found. Apart from The Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matelaema | 94 | 1 | / |
| Matalama | 88 | 408 | / |
| Matilama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matalamaa | 82 | 13 | / |
| Matallama | 82 | 2 | / |
| Matollama | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mathelema | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matelamio | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mathalama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matailaema | 78 | 10 | / |
| Mattolamma | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mathalamah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matalema | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motilama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motalama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matailema | 71 | 9 | / |
| Metollama | 71 | 7 | / |
| Maitalamou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattaliamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moutelomo | 59 | 9 | / |
| Moutelemo | 59 | 4 | / |
| Mothalamo | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Matelama
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