Matapwata Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Matapwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
Matapwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matapwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matapwata occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matapwata? popularity and diffusion
Matapwata is the 1,101,507th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Matapwata is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matapwata are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Matapwata is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Beside Malawi it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Matapwata
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