Matsambe Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matsambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1421:108,72015,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Matsambe (10) may also be a first name.

Matsambe Last Name Facts

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

Matsambe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsambe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,471,719th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matsambe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matsambe is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world, held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 108,720. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 46 percent reside, Harare Province, where 32 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Matsambe
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