Matoye Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Matoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Matoye (113) may also be a first name.
Matoye Demographics
Matoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matoye occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,518,885th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matoye are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Matoye is also the 881,625th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 113 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 349,848. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Isiolo County, where 97 percent reside, Meru County, where 1 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Angola, where 1 percent reside.
Matoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Matoye
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