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 found most frequently in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matepa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matepa is the 338,216th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,698,112 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Matepa reside; 37 percent reside in Southern Africa and 37 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matepa is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 88 people.
The last name Matepa is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 39,924. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 71 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside.
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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