Matengaifa Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Matengaifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 207 | 1:74,581 | 11,011 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Matengaifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matengaifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matengaifa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengaifa? popularity and diffusion
Matengaifa is the 1,144,405th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matengaifa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 74,581. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 84 percent are found, Harare Province, where 6 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangafa | 82 | 25 | / |
| Mangifa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mangafas | 78 | 53 | / |
| Machingaifa | 76 | 397 | / |
| Machingaipfa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mangafà | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machingafa | 70 | 9 | / |
| Mangafou | 67 | 205 | / |
| Matenefo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Manguifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meangafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matinefo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mangoufo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Moungafou | 53 | 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 Matengaifa
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