Matemele Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matemele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matemele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania191:2,786,40149,097
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

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.

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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 Matemele
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