Matjai Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Matjai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matjai (64) may also be a first name.
Matjai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matjai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matjai occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matjai is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Matjai live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 64 people.
This surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 602,350. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Kavango East Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Namibia Matjai is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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 Matjai
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