Matakou Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Matakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 164 | 1:126,641 | 14,369 |
| Greece | 55 | 1:201,451 | 31,872 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Matakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matakou occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,092,155th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. Matakou is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Matakou reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 64 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 126,641. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 45 percent are found, West Region, where 30 percent are found and Far North Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 24 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Matakou
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