Matiwe Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Matiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matiwe (52) may also be a first name.
Matiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matiwe is more commonly found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Matiwe live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matiwe is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 52 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 39,762. Aside from Botswana this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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 Matiwe
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