Matawe Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Matawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 207 | 1:49,930 | 6,298 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matawe (33) may also be a first name.
Matawe Demographics
Average Matawe Salary in
South Africa
R 111,612
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matawe is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Matawe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 921,780th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matawe reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Matawe is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 49,930. In Benin Matawe is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 88 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 9 percent are found and Zou Department, where 1 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Matawe Last Name Statistics demography
Matawe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.03% less than the national average, earning R 111,612 per year.
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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 Matawe
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