Matetu Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
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Matetu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matetu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Indonesia721:1,836,794117,778
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Matetu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matetu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matetu? popularity and diffusion

Matetu is the 1,168,344th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Matetu reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Without taking into account The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matetau9258/
Mathetu925/
Matetus921/
Matetou921/
Mathethu864/
Mateatau863/
Matitu831,608/
Matatu83407/
Matotu835/
Matheatau80633/
Mathedtau802/
Mahatetou801/
Matituy77290/
Mathitu77151/
Maetatu778/
Matathu775/
Matateu773/
Matothu773/
Matatou772/
Matatau771/
Mataitu771/
Matohtu771/
Matitus771/
Matetoe771/
Madtotu771/
Mathatu771/
Mathathu7139/
Maetatau7121/
Mattathu7113/
Matitahu717/
Mathatau712/
Mettattu711/
Mataathu711/
Maatitau711/
Mahatotu711/
Motatu67193/
Metatu6729/
Maithathu672/
Motitu671/
Moothattu671/

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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 Matetu
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