Matapiri Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matapiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matapiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe391:395,85235,770
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Matapiri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matapiri is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matapiri? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matapiri is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Matapiri are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 395,852. In Zimbabwe Matapiri is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 51 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 44 percent live and Harare Province, where 3 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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
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  • 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 Matapiri
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