Matsvai Surname
Approximately 795 people bear this surname
Matsvai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 766 | 1:20,154 | 2,995 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matsvai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsvai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matsvai is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matsvai.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsvai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 432,755th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,166,724 people. Matsvai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matsvai reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 766 people, or 1 in 20,154. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 49 percent are found, Harare Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 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 Matsvai
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