Matengula Surname
Approximately 987 people bear this surname
Matengula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 784 | 1:21,836 | 3,343 |
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matengula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matengula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matengula occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Matengula click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengula? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 365,442nd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,383,532 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matengula are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 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
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- 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 Matengula
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