Matildah Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matildah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matildah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana991:22,0904,408
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Matildah (30,313) may also be a first name.

Matildah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matildah is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matildah.

How Common Is The Last Name Matildah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matildah is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Matildah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matildah live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 27,672nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 30,313 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 22,090. Beside Botswana Matildah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent live and South Sudan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathildah941/
Matilda93786/
Mathilda882,245/
Matyldah882/
Matihlda881/
Metildah881/
Matielda881/
Mattilda881/
Mattiolda821/
Matildo802,055/
Metilda80178/
Matelda8048/
Matylda8011/
Mettilda75135/
Mathildo752/
Methilda752/
Mathylda751/
Meetilda751/
Mettildaa711/
Metlda711/
Mateldo6712/
Metelda674/
Metildo671/
Mettylda635/
Mettelda631/

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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 Matildah
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