Matharai Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Matharai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Matharai (20) may also be a first name.
Matharai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matharai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matharai (Bengali: মথরাই, Hindi: मथराई, Marathi: माथरै) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matharai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Matharai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Matharai live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matharai is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name in the world, held by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Matharai is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matharai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matharai in the Hindi language | ||
| मथराई | mathara'i | - |
| Matharai in the Marathi language | ||
| माथरै | matharai | - |
| Matharai in the Bengali language | ||
| মথরাই | mathara'i | 50 |
| মথারাই | mathara'i | 50 |
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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 Matharai
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