Matara
loc · Sinhala · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Matara is a name, most frequently recorded in Peru. It appears chiefly in Sinhala and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: »čutura, buklija«.
- PEPeru1 in 23K◐
- BRBrazil1 in 5.9M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 41K ●
- Sources
- 69 ●
in 5 countries
3.2K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
»čutura, buklija«
Sources 2
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | 3,622 | 1.5K rec. | — | — | Matara | 22 |
| BR Brazil | 46 | 82 rec. | — | 202 | Matara | 26 |
| FI Finland | — | 4 rec. | — | 102 | — | 3 |
| CK Cook Islands | — | 0 rec. | — | 12 | — | 1 |
| ES Spain | — | 7 rec. | — | 10 | — | 5 |
| IN India | — | 34 rec. | — | 8 | — | 5 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 1 rec. | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| BE Belgium | — | 1 rec. | — | 2 | — | 3 |
| CL Chile | — | 2 rec. | — | 2 | — | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| ZW Zimbabwe | — | 4 rec. | — | listed | — | 9 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Sinhala20K49%
- Spanish3.6K9%
- Portuguese461%
- Hindi201%
- French71%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Sinhala | 19,824 | 49% |
| Spanish | 3,629 | 9% |
| Portuguese | 46 | 1% |
| Hindi | 20 | 1% |
| French | 7 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Matara is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, Water container usually made of woolen fabric, leather or metal, used in travel or military service, carried around the neck or waist.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of matar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of matar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A barangay of Libon, Albay, Philippines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, bedstraw (any plant of the genus Galium)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In urj-fin-pro, bedstraw (plant of the genus Galium)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence●
Attested in 18 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 76 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Matara?
- Our records include 40,580 bearers of Matara across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Matara have the most bearers?
- Matara is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled matara.
- What does the name Matara mean?
- Recorded meaning: »čutura, buklija«
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Matara”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.