Matonya Surname

52,478th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9,6121:5,508726
South Africa841:644,97347,754
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matonya (439) may also be a first name.

Matonya Last Name Facts

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

Matonya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matonya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 52,478th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 747,441 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matonya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matonya is also the 409,203rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 439 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9,612 people, or 1 in 5,508. In Tanzania Matonya is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 72 percent live, Singida Region, where 9 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Matonya Last Name Statistics demography

Matonya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.51% less than the national average, earning R 91,464 per year.

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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 Matonya
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