Matahwa Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Matahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 134 | 1:115,211 | 15,687 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matahwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matahwa? popularity and diffusion
Matahwa is the 1,447,279th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Matahwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matahwa reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 115,211. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 51 percent live, Harare Province, where 34 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Matahwa
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