Matemai Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Matemai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 105 | 1:147,031 | 18,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Matemai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matemai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matemai is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matemai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Matemai reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Matemai is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 147,031. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 25 percent live and Harare Province, where 24 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Matemai occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Matemai
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