Matoug Surname
Approximately 6,021 people bear this surname
Matoug Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 4,683 | 1:1,333 | 372 |
| Algeria | 700 | 1:55,188 | 9,387 |
| Mauritania | 310 | 1:13,209 | 1,266 |
| France | 294 | 1:225,928 | 35,048 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Matoug (43) may also be a first name.
Matoug Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoug Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matoug (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ) occurs more in Libya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Matoug click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoug? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 80,820th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,210,355 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Matoug reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 78 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Matoug is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 43 people.
This surname is most frequent in Libya, where it is borne by 4,683 people, or 1 in 1,333. Barring Libya it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 12 percent reside and Mauritania, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matoug Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matoug in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ | mtwk | 81.13 |
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻕ | mtwq | 18.87 |
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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
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- 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 Matoug
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