Matjei Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Matjei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matjei (47) may also be a first name.
Matjei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matjei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matjei is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Matjei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matjei is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Matjei live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Matjei is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 20 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 20 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Matjei
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