Worldwide, Matala (Matala 
, Матала 
) is quite a rare mostly male, but seldom feminine given name. The given name Matala is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently girly name, Algeria, where it is a rare male name, and Romania, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, South Africa, and Algeria. More frequently, Matala is the last name as well as the forename.