Mataswa Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Mataswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 249 | 1:62,001 | 9,346 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mataswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mataswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mataswa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mataswa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mataswa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mataswa is the 998,609th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mataswa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 62,001. In Zimbabwe Mataswa is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 37 percent live, Harare Province, where 29 percent live and Midlands Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Mataswa
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