Matoun Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Matoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matoun has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matoun reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Matoun is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 90 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and North Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Matoun
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