Matowa Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Matowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 321 | 1:48,094 | 7,363 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Matowa (45) may also be a first name.
Matowa Demographics
Average Matowa Salary in
South Africa
R 91,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matowa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 504,389th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Matowa live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 45 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 48,094. In Zimbabwe Matowa is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe Matowa occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
Matowa Last Name Statistics demography
Matowa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.59% less than the national average, earning R 91,284 per year.
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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 Matowa
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