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 more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Matsvai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsvai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 432,755th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 9,166,724 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matsvai live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 766 people, or 1 in 20,154. In Zimbabwe Matsvai is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 49 percent live, Harare Province, where 19 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Botswana, 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
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- 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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