Matengelo Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Matengelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Matengelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matengelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matengelo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Matengelo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matengelo are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Matengelo is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Matengelo is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 80 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 17 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 Matengelo
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