Namatu Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Namatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Namatu (95) may also be a first name.
Namatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namatu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namatu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namatu is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Namatu reside; 36 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 36 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 974,243rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 95 people.
The surname Namatu is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 80 percent reside, Central, where 10 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 10 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Uganda, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasmatu | 92 | 97 | / |
| Naimatu | 92 | 44 | / |
| Namatou | 92 | 25 | / |
| Ngamatu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nnamatu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Namatau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Namateu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Naimatou | 86 | 42 | / |
| Nnameatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gnamattu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngamatau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Naaimatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Naymatou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Naïmatou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namotu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Nomatu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Naimmatou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nahamatou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nahammatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngamotu | 77 | 54 | / |
| Nnametu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Naimotu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nomhatu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Naimetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neimatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nemateu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namuitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nametou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Noimatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nasmotu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namothu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neymatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nehmatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namoutou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gnoumatou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nnemotu | 62 | 42 | / |
| Nosmotu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Noimotu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Noomotu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nemetheu | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Namatu
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