Matlaa Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Matlaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 113 | 1:468,510 | 32,208 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
Matlaa (11) may also be a first name.
Matlaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matlaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matlaa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matlaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name Matlaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Matlaa live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matlaa is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 468,510. In Tanzania Matlaa is most prevalent in: Manyara Region, where 95 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 4 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Matlaa exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 10 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 Matlaa
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