Matoum Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Matoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Matoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matoum is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matoum is the 1,194,481st most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Matoum are found; 69 percent are found in North Africa and 69 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Greece, where 12 percent live.
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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 Matoum
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