Matilya Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Matilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 268 | 1:197,543 | 16,901 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matilya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matilya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 908,336th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname Matilya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matilya reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 197,543. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 46 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 42 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Matilya exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and Ghana, 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 Matilya
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