Matiwa Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1891:81,68411,934
Tanzania921:575,45236,554
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
England41:13,929,515290,718
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Matiwa (55) may also be a first name.

Matiwa Last Name Facts

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

Matiwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 806,178th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Matiwa reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matiwa is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 55 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 81,684. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 47 percent live, Harare Province, where 17 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.

Matiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Matiwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.52% less than the national average, earning R 36,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathiwa92267/
Mhatiwa9298/
Matiwat9234/
Mgatiwa9218/
Matiwah928/
Mattiwa924/
Matiwas923/
Mataiwa922/
Matijwa922/
Matiwha921/
Matiewa921/
Maitiwa921/
Mateiwai86506/
Maitaiwa86109/
Mataiwua8679/
Mahatiwa862/
Mathiwai861/
Matgaiwa861/
Matiwahe861/
Mathijwa861/
Matewa831,704/
Matiba83575/
Matuwa83564/
Mativa83331/
Matiwe8378/
Motiwa8349/
Matiwo8325/
Metiwa834/
Matywa831/
Matjwa831/
Matthiwat8063/
Mathiba774,330/
Matieva771,776/
Mathuwa77506/
Mothiwa77368/
Matibay77198/
Maitewa7768/
Matiova7733/
Mativat7731/
Mativad7730/
Mathewa7729/
Matuhwa7727/
Matibai7725/
Motiwad7720/
Matoiba7720/
Mathiva7715/
Mativha7713/
Methiwa779/
Matehwa778/
Mautiba777/
Matejwa777/
Mativas775/
Matewad772/
Motoiwa772/
Maituwa772/
Mativai772/
Mataywa772/
Mathiwe772/
Mateiwo771/
Mattiva771/
Matibau771/
Matibha771/
Mateuwa771/
Matewai771/
Matuuwa771/
Matuway771/
Matiewe771/
Matihwe771/
Matiwis771/
Matewua771/
Motijwa771/
Mathivha712,810/
Mathivat7171/
Mativadd7161/
Maytieva7158/
Mattieva7145/
Mothoiwa7131/
Mattivad7129/
Mothijwa7118/
Matheswa7116/
Maitaiwe7113/
Matthewa7112/
Matiwees719/
Mathiova716/
Mautieva716/
Mahtieva715/
Maitaiba715/
Matibhai714/
Mathejwa713/
Mativaud713/
Matheway712/
Maitieva711/
Maytioua711/
Mathibai711/
Matywaya711/
Matievaa711/
Mativaja711/
Maatieva711/
Mmatibai711/
Maithiwo711/
Mativaux711/
Mathibea711/
Mathivas711/
Mattiwos711/
Matiwoue711/
Mathujwa711/
Mothiwah711/
Maytiwos711/
Matiewie711/
Matheywa711/
Matehjwa711/
Maitiewo711/
Moshtiwa711/
Mahtibay711/
Mathiwes710/
Mativo674,125/
Mateva672,449/
Matibe671,671/
Mateba671,411/
Matewe671,091/
Mative67386/
Matibo67356/
Mativi67349/
Motiba67259/
Matibi67248/
Metiva67245/
Matyba67225/
Matuva67183/
Matewo67133/
Matuwo67102/
Motewa6796/
Motiva6778/
Motuwa6750/
Mathivaud6729/
Matevi6717/
Matévi6715/
Matebi675/
Mattibhai674/
Metuwa672/
Matheujwa672/
Mataibhai671/
Matewi671/
Metiwo671/
Matthaiwe671/
Matiwouet671/
Matjua671/
Maativaai671/
Motywa671/
Metewa671/
Mathehjwa671/

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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 Matiwa
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