Matua Surname
Approximately 6,205 people bear this surname
Matua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,770 | 1:10,355 | 1,761 |
| Tanzania | 700 | 1:75,631 | 7,855 |
| Indonesia | 310 | 1:426,610 | 35,763 |
| Georgia | 268 | 1:13,976 | 2,877 |
| Philippines | 251 | 1:403,340 | 51,517 |
| Russia | 193 | 1:746,752 | 62,507 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Abkhazia | 92 | 1:2,640 | 610 |
| Mexico | 91 | 1:1,364,024 | 15,454 |
| United States | 79 | 1:4,588,088 | 240,017 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
| American Samoa | 19 | 1:2,935 | 631 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Albania | 14 | 1:208,147 | 13,618 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1:3,636 | 866 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Matua (482) may also be a first name.
Matua Demographics
Matua Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Matua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matua (Georgian: მატუა, Hindi: मतुआ, Marathi: मतुआ, Oriya: ମାତୁଆ, Russian: Матуа) is most common in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matua is the 78,713th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,174,463 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Matua reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Matua is also the 387,276th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 482 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 3,770 people, or 1 in 10,355. In Uganda Matua is mostly found in: Arua District, where 58 percent are found, Maracha District, where 23 percent are found and Yumbe District, where 3 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Matua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Matua has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Matua surname rose 2,633 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Matua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Matua last name are 22.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.19% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Matua earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 65.66% less than the national average, earning R 81,612 per year and in United States they earn 18.5% less than the national average, earning $35,166 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matua in the Georgian language | ||
| მატუა | matua | - |
| Matua in the Marathi language | ||
| मतुआ | matu'a | - |
| Matua in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାତୁଆ | matu'a | 75.76 |
| ମାଟୁଆ | matu'a | 12.12 |
| ମତୁଆ | matu'a | 6.06 |
| ମଟୁଆ | matu'a | 3.03 |
| ମୁଆ | mu'a | 3.03 |
| Matua in the Hindi language | ||
| मतुआ | matu'a | 74.07 |
| मटुआ | matu'a | 22.22 |
| मटूआ | matu'a | 3.7 |
| Matua in the Russian language | ||
| Матуа | matua | - |
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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 Matua
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