Matavire Surname

170,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matavire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matavire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2,5031:6,168662
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England61:9,286,343223,652
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Matavire (35) may also be a first name.

Matavire Last Name Facts

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

Matavire is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matavire? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matavire is the 170,270th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,878,178 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matavire are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,503 people, or 1 in 6,168. In Zimbabwe Matavire is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 32 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 22 percent reside and Harare Province, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Matavire
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