Matlau Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Matlau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Matlau (11) may also be a first name.
Matlau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matlau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matlau is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matlau.
How Common Is The Last Name Matlau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matlau is the 3,432,070th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Matlau reside; 85 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Matlau is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: New Ireland, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 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 Matlau
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