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
The last name Matelya is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matelya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Matelya is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Matelya are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Matelya is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia Matelya is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 82 percent reside, Central Province, where 9 percent reside and Northern Province, where 9 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and Russia, where 5 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 Matelya
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