Matongera Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matongera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matongera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2151:71,80610,660
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Matongera Last Name Facts

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

Matongera is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matongera.

How Common Is The Last Name Matongera? popularity and diffusion

Matongera is the 1,082,743rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Matongera live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 71,806. In Zimbabwe Matongera is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 31 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 29 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Matongera
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