Matembezi Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Matembezi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 357 | 1:148,296 | 13,502 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Matembezi (10) may also be a first name.
Matembezi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matembezi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matembezi is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matembezi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matembezi is the 718,674th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matembezi are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The surname Matembezi is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 148,296. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 66 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 28 percent live and Geita Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Matembezi occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matembeza | 89 | 2 | / |
| Matembizi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matembesi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matembedza | 84 | 442 | / |
| Matembedze | 84 | 9 | / |
| Mambedzi | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mhambezi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matembisa | 78 | 27 | / |
| Matambazi | 78 | 6 | / |
| Mosembezi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matembise | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matombozi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mombezi | 75 | 28 | / |
| Mambeza | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mathembisa | 74 | 42 | / |
| Mathembisi | 74 | 2 | / |
| Matembissa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Matembesha | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mgombezi | 71 | 184 | / |
| Mombedzi | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mambeygi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matambise | 67 | 3 | / |
| Motembesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matambisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matambosi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Matembezi
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