Matouke Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Matouke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matouke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matouke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matouke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matouke? popularity and diffusion
Matouke is the 1,746,159th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. Matouke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matouke are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Matouke is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon Matouke is most common in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 42 percent live and Southwest Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Matouke is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 11 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matouke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matouke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻙ | mtwk | 80 |
| ﻣﻌﺘﻮﻕ | mtwq | 20 |
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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 Matouke
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