Matewa Surname
Approximately 1,704 people bear this surname
Matewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 878 | 1:60,298 | 6,470 |
| Zimbabwe | 715 | 1:21,592 | 3,241 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Matewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matewa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 235,986th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,276,729 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matewa reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Matewa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 878 people, or 1 in 60,298. In Tanzania Matewa is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 80 percent are found, Singida Region, where 13 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Matewa
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