Matuja Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Matuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 283 | 1:187,073 | 16,148 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Matuja (70) may also be a first name.
Matuja Demographics
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Matuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matuja (Hindi: मतु्जा, Marathi: मतुजा) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matuja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 812,930th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Matuja reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 70 people.
The surname Matuja is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 187,073. In Tanzania Matuja is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 51 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 36 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Matuja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Matuja are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.
Matuja earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 64.75% more than the national average, earning $71,088 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matuja in the Marathi language | ||
| मतुजा | matuja | - |
| Matuja in the Hindi language | ||
| मतु्जा | matuja | 50 |
| मतुजा | matuja | 50 |
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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 Matuja
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