Matiai Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Matiai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Matiai (104) may also be a first name.
Matiai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matiai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matiai occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matiai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Matiai live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 925,156th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 104 people.
Matiai is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 90 percent are found, Madang, where 5 percent are found and National Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matiais | 92 | 7 | / |
| Mathiai | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mastiai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mathiais | 86 | 3 | / |
| Matyai | 83 | 94 | / |
| Metiai | 83 | 4 | / |
| Motiai | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mathiae | 77 | 29 | / |
| Matioui | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mathyai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Motiahi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Matheai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Moutiai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mastioi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Matthiae | 71 | 296 | / |
| Mattieaj | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mathiois | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mattheai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matyoi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moteai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mateaè | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matjhaa | 62 | 9 | / |
| Motiohi | 62 | 2 | / |
| Métioui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mothiae | 62 | 1 | / |
| Matyaep | 62 | 1 | / |
| Matyahi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mettioui | 57 | 578 | / |
| Matjaouj | 57 | 343 | / |
| Mathioet | 57 | 1 | / |
| Matjaher | 57 | 0 | / |
| Mathioes | 57 | 0 | / |
| Mateoe | 50 | 8 | / |
| Matjoe | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Matiai
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