Matough Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Matough Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 128 | 1:31,991 | 2,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Matough Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matough Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matough (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matough? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Matough live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Matough is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 31,991. In Mauritania Matough is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 41 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 16 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Mauritania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matough Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matough in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ | mtwk | 66.67 |
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻕ | mtwq | 28.89 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻌﺘﻮﻕ | almtwq | 4.44 |
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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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- 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 Matough
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