Matewere Surname

48,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Matewere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matewere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi10,2991:1,662173
Zimbabwe2621:58,9258,936
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Wales111:281,32115,850
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Matewere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matewere occurs most in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matewere? popularity and diffusion

Matewere is the 48,588th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 686,986 people. Matewere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matewere are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 10,299 people, or 1 in 1,662. Other than Malawi Matewere is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Matewere Last Name Statistics demography

Matewere earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.18% less than the national average, earning R 104,124 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Matewere
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