Surname Matata

Family name Matata (Matata , ماتاتا , Матата ) , across the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Matata is characteristic of Lesotho, where it is quite a common surname, Tanzania, where it is quite a rare surname, and Fiji. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Tanzania, Kenya, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Matata is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Matata

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Matata	Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania
ماتاتا	Libya, Egypt
Матата	Ukraine, Russia

Last names said to be same

Matatá, Maťaťa, Mãţãţã, Tata, and ماطاطا

Notable namesakes

	matata ponyo mapon Congolese politician, CD (b. 1964)
	grace matata female musician, TZ
	flaviana matata Tanzanian model, TZ (b. 1988)
	jean-christophe matata Burundian singer and singer-songwriter, BI (b. 1960)
	lena matata researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6784-0264)
	b m matata researcher
	matata frank elakana South Sudanese politician
	cobra matata
	starlette matata
	alif matata ID (b. 1996)
	leeroy matata DE (b. 1996)

Characteristic forenames

Mr, Amos, Adam, Asha, Akou, Bali, Beno, Bize, Koko, Kuna, Kika, Ruth, Davi, Dawn, Lena, Leah, Lisa, Lola, Lucy, Lupe, Jane, Jose, Anne, Anna, Andy, Ally, Ms, Lu, Ta, Ti, Ha, Zo, Ali, Ann, Ami, Atu, John, Ben, Tim, Eva, Idd, Una, Mary, Mata, Sara, Said, Alex, Alif, Joe, and Joel