Matuya Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Matuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Tanzania | 60 | 1:882,360 | 43,917 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matuya (71) may also be a first name.
Matuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matuya (Russian: Матуя) is found most in Malawi. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matuya is the 1,006,539th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Matuya are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 71 people.
The last name Matuya is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi Matuya occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Tanzania, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matuya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matuya in the Russian language | ||
| Матуя | 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
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- 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 Matuya
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