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 most common in Benin. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 921,780th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matawe reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 33 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 49,930. In Benin it is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 88 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 9 percent reside and Zou Department, where 1 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
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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