Matelya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Matelya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Matelya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matelya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matelya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matelya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matelya is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Matelya occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Matelya reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 82 percent are found, Central Province, where 9 percent are found and Northern Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 45 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Matelya
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