Matoure Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Matoure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
Matoure (146) may also be a first name.
Matoure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matoure occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoure? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,689,253rd most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Matoure are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Matoure is also the 763,528th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 146 people.
Matoure is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 548,343. In Niger Matoure is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 97 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 13 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 Matoure
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