Matendu Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Matendu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Zambia | 69 | 1:229,709 | 14,265 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matendu (38) may also be a first name.
Matendu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matendu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matendu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matendu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matendu is the 801,116th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matendu live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matendu is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 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 Matendu
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