Matku Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Matku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Matku (199) may also be a first name.

Matku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matku (Hindi: मटकू, Oriya: ମାଟ୍କୁ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Matku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matku? popularity and diffusion

Matku is the 3,957,383rd most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Matku occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Matku reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Matku is also the 642,605th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 199 people.

The last name Matku is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maitku915/
Matkeu914/
Matkou913/
Matcku910/
Mattkus830/
Metku803,046/
Motku80494/
Matkó80370/
Matcu80176/
Madku8019/
Matkhaus771/
Mothku73113/
Methku7392/
Matkoo7387/
Matcau7353/
Madkhu738/
Matcus735/
Maidku733/
Matcou731/
Madkou731/
Madkau731/
Mettku731/
Metkhu731/
Matcheu67805/
Madkaud67125/
Madkuus674/
Mohtkou671/
Motkoud671/
Madkouh671/
Moothku671/
Meitekeu621/
Mautcheu621/
Maudkaud621/
Matcheuh621/
Motcu60306/
Motkó60177/
Modku603/
Medku603/
Motkoe551/
Medkou551/
Madcou551/
Motcheu5036/

Matku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matku in the Hindi language
मटकूmataku86.36
मतकूmataku9.09
मटकुmataku4.55
Matku in the Oriya language
ମାଟ୍କୁmatku50
ମାଟକୁmataku50

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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
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  • 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 Matku
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