Matepeta Surname

281,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Matepeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matepeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,3231:11,9801,384
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759

Matepeta (30) may also be a first name.

Matepeta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matepeta Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matepeta is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matepeta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matepeta is the 281,605th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,319,377 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matepeta live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matepeta is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.

The surname Matepeta is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 1,323 people, or 1 in 11,980. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 40 percent live, Southern Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 19 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Matepeta
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis