Matesamwa Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Matesamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 118 | 1:134,321 | 9,923 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
Matesamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matesamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matesamwa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matesamwa? popularity and diffusion
Matesamwa is the 1,281,391st most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Matesamwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matesamwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Matesamwa is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 134,321. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 77 percent live, Southern Province, where 18 percent live and Central Province, where 3 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent live.
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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 Matesamwa
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