Matangira Surname

326,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matangira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matangira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,0261:15,0472,111
Tanzania801:661,77039,157
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England41:13,929,515290,718
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Matangira (26) may also be a first name.

Matangira Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matangira Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Matangira is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matangira.

How Common Is The Last Name Matangira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 326,564th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,403,819 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matangira reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,026 people, or 1 in 15,047. In Zimbabwe Matangira is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 23 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 20 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Matangira Last Name Statistics demography

Matangira earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 186.8% more than the national average, earning $123,750 USD per year.

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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 Matangira
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