Matente Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Matente Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 96 | 1:165,103 | 11,556 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matente (136) may also be a first name.
Matente Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matente Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matente is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Matente click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matente? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Matente occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matente reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matente is also the 794,286th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 136 people.
It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 165,103. In Zambia Matente is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 55 percent live, Southern Province, where 41 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 2 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 Matente
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