Matojo Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Matojo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Matojo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matojo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matojo is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matojo? popularity and diffusion
Matojo is the 1,817,111th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Matojo reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Matojo is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 619,671. In Uganda Matojo is most common in: Kiruhura District, where 29 percent are found, Lyantonde District, where 19 percent are found and Ssembabule District, where 16 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 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 Matojo
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