Matepa Surname
Approximately 1,088 people bear this surname
Matepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 397 | 1:39,924 | 3,949 |
| India | 347 | 1:2,210,563 | 73,512 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Moldova | 24 | 1:148,390 | 15,621 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matepa (88) may also be a first name.
Matepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matepa (Hindi: मातेपा) is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matepa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 338,216th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,698,112 people. Matepa is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Matepa live; 37 percent live in Southern Africa and 37 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 88 people.
Matepa is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 39,924. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 71 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Zambia Matepa is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matepa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matepa in the Hindi language | ||
| मातेपा | matepa | - |
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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 Matepa
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