In all the world, Matenga (Matenga 
) is a very rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Matenga is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is a rare masculine name. Much more prevalently, Matenga is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Matenga | Zambia, Tanzania, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| hemi matenga [Stubbs, Te] - 1838:1912 - Hemi was the younger brother of the Ngati Toa chief Wi Parata Te Kakakura. Son of George Stubbs (d 1838) and Metapere Te Wai-punahau. Hemi was arranged in marriage to Huria Matenga (Huria Ngarongoa Katene) in the 1850s. Th (b. 1838) |
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