Matopa Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Matopa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
The alternate forms: Matopá (1) are calculated separately.
Matopa (40) may also be a first name.
Matopa Demographics
Average Matopa Salary in
South Africa
R 151,668
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matopa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matopa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matopa (Arabic: ماتوبا) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Matopá. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matopa? popularity and diffusion
Matopa is the 1,286,243rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matopa live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matopa is also the 1,614,485th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Beside Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
Matopa Last Name Statistics demography
Matopa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.18% less than the national average, earning R 151,668 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matopa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matopa in the Arabic language | ||
| ماتوبا | matwba | - |
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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 Matopa
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