Matendawafa Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matendawafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Matendawafa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1011:152,85419,365
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matendawafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matendawafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matendawafa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matendawafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Matendawafa? popularity and diffusion

Matendawafa is the 1,775,494th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Matendawafa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matendawafa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Matendawafa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 152,854. In Zimbabwe Matendawafa is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matendewafa9158/
Matandawafa911/
Muatendauafa871/
Matendfa841/
Mutendewafa821/
Mettendaf70192/
Mutindafa7024/
Matandava707/
Matandafi701/

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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 Matendawafa
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