Matiashe Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Matiashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 311 | 1:49,641 | 7,575 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matiashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matiashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matiashe is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matiashe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matiashe reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Matiashe is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 49,641. In Zimbabwe Matiashe is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 64 percent live, Harare Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Scotland, where 1 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 Matiashe
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