Matemele Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Matemele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matemele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matemele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matemele is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Matemele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matemele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Matemele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matemele reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Matemele is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,786,401. In Tanzania Matemele is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 47 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 47 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matimele | 88 | 9,919 | / |
| Matemela | 88 | 321 | / |
| Matemale | 88 | 64 | / |
| Matamele | 88 | 15 | / |
| Motemele | 88 | 2 | / |
| Matomele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matemile | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mothemele | 82 | 52 | / |
| Mathemela | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mathemale | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matamoele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mattemalle | 78 | 8 | / |
| Maathamele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Motimele | 75 | 2,520 | / |
| Matimela | 75 | 458 | / |
| Metemale | 75 | 186 | / |
| Matamole | 75 | 31 | / |
| Matamile | 75 | 2 | / |
| Matamale | 75 | 2 | / |
| Metimele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motemela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matomile | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matimeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mothemela | 71 | 464 | / |
| Mothamele | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mathamale | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mothomele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mathimela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mattamale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mattimalle | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mattemalli | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mettemalle | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mattamalle | 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
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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 Matemele
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