Matieka Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Matieka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 214 | 1:215,794 | 15,347 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Matièka (1) are calculated separately.
Matieka (104) may also be a first name.
Matieka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matieka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matieka is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Matièka. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matieka.
How Common Is The Last Name Matieka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matieka is the 1,017,412th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matieka live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Matieka is also the 925,156th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 104 people.
The last name Matieka is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 215,794. In Kenya Matieka is most prevalent in: Kisii County, where 100 percent reside and Nyamira County, where 0 percent reside. Besides Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Matieka
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