Matounga Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Matounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 263 | 1:18,970 | 2,239 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
Matounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matounga has its highest incidence in The Congo. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matounga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matounga is the 973,426th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matounga live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 18,970. In The Congo Matounga is most frequent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 54 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 42 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent are found. Not including The Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Matounga
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