Matimbanya Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matimbanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matimbanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1481:357,71426,551
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Matimbanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matimbanya is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matimbanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,441,361st most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Matimbanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matimbanya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 99 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, 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 Matimbanya
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