Matowanyika Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Matowanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 114 | 1:135,423 | 17,730 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matowanyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matowanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matowanyika is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Matowanyika click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matowanyika? popularity and diffusion
Matowanyika is the 1,674,734th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Matowanyika is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Matowanyika reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 135,423. In Zimbabwe Matowanyika is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 93 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 5 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Brazil, 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 Matowanyika
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