Matieng Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Matieng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matieng is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matieng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Matieng are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Matieng is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western, where 60 percent live, National Capital District, where 10 percent live and West Sepik, where 10 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Sudan, where 7 percent live.
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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 Matieng
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