Matawo Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Matawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matawo (31) may also be a first name.
Matawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matawo is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matawo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. Matawo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matawo reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.
The surname Matawo is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe Matawo is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 24 percent reside, Harare Province, where 23 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 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 Matawo
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