Matengelele Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matengelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matengelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1361:389,27727,871
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matengelele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matengelele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matengelele is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matengelele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,518,885th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matengelele reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Matengelele is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 389,277. In Tanzania Matengelele is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 87 percent live, Pwani Region, where 7 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Tanzania Matengelele exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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 Matengelele
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