Matungula Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matungula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matungula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1261:420,17229,494
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567

Matungula Last Name Facts

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

Matungula is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matungula? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Matungula occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matungula live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Matungula is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Matungula is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Matungula exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 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 Matungula
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