Matuai Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Matuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Matuai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea941:86,74211,495
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Matuai (18) may also be a first name.

Matuai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matuai Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matuai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matuai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matuai is the 1,871,545th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Matuai live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 18 people.

The last name Matuai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 86,742. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Milne Bay, where 97 percent reside, Madang, where 1 percent reside and National Capital District, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meatuai927/
Mastuai923/
Matuaij922/
Matuoai921/
Maduai836/
Mahathuai801/
Meutuai771/
Maduae676/
Matuoe671/
Mouduai6217/
Matwaer625/
Mathweiye531/
Madvae502/
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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 Matuai
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