Matatiyo Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Matatiyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matatiyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4971:34,4455,098
Zambia261:609,61224,798
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matatiyo (10) may also be a first name.

Matatiyo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matatiyo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matatiyo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 579,404th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matatiyo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Matatiyo
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