Materu Surname

57,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Materu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Materu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8,5321:6,205799
Indonesia1171:1,130,33581,024
Kenya821:563,17026,996
United States311:11,692,224454,091
India231:33,350,669396,143
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
England31:18,572,686338,250
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Materu (20) may also be a first name.

Materu Last Name Facts

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

Materu (Hindi: मटेरू, Marathi: मतेरु) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Materu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Materu is the 57,379th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 825,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Materu are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Materu is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 20 people.

The last name Materu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8,532 people, or 1 in 6,205. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent live and Arusha Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Materu occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Materu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Materu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Materu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning $40,118 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Materu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Materu in the Hindi language
मटेरूmateru-
Materu in the Marathi language
मतेरुmateru-

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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
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  • 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 Materu
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