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
Matengula is found most in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengula? popularity and diffusion
It is the 365,442nd most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,383,532 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matengula live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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