Matania Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Matania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1041:588,04555,113
India921:8,337,667172,929
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
England181:3,095,448105,421
Israel111:777,96750,646
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Matania (221) may also be a first name.

Matania Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matania (Oriya: ମଟାଣିଆ) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matania? popularity and diffusion

Matania is the 862,604th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname Matania occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Matania live; 33 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 33 percent live in Italic Europe. Matania is also the 606,684th most frequently used first name globally, held by 221 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 588,045. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Campania, where 99 percent are found and Piedmont, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Italy Matania occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.

Matania Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Matania has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Matania Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matania in the Oriya language
ମଟାଣିଆmatani'a50
ମାଟାନିଆmatani'a40.91
ମତାଣିଆmatani'a4.55
ବିୁମାଟାନିଆbiumatani'a2.27
ମତାନୀଆmatani'a2.27

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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 Matania
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