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 most in Mauritania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matough.
How Common Is The Last Name Matough? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matough is the 1,544,715th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Matough are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 31,991. In Mauritania Matough is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 41 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 16 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.
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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- 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 Matough
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