Matenta Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Matenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 140 | 1:113,214 | 8,786 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Congo | 20 | 1:249,455 | 8,571 |
Matenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matenta is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matenta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matenta is the 1,017,412th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matenta reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 113,214. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 99 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and The Congo, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Matenta
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