Matoua Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Matoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Matoua (120) may also be a first name.
Matoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matoua is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Matoua live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. Matoua is also the 852,104th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 120 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 68 percent are found, Centre Region, where 27 percent are found and East Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 32 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 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 Matoua
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