Matamisa Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Matamisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 250 | 1:61,753 | 9,307 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matamisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matamisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matamisa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matamisa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 937,786th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Matamisa are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 61,753. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 32 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Matamisa is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Matamisa
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