Matsvayi Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Matsvayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 613 | 1:25,185 | 3,828 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matsvayi (13) may also be a first name.
Matsvayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsvayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matsvayi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matsvayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsvayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 524,446th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 11,773,095 people. The last name Matsvayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matsvayi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matsvayi is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 613 people, or 1 in 25,185. In Zimbabwe Matsvayi is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 33 percent reside, Harare Province, where 28 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matsvai | 93 | 795 | / |
| Matsvay | 93 | 110 | / |
| Matswayi | 88 | 105 | / |
| Matsvaya | 88 | 2 | / |
| Matsvgai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matsuayi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matshwayi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Matsvey | 80 | 86 | / |
| Matsvei | 80 | 52 | / |
| Matswai | 80 | 28 | / |
| Matsvau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matsuaji | 75 | 80 | / |
| Matswaya | 75 | 41 | / |
| Motswayi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matsbaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matsviyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matsveya | 75 | 1 | / |
| MacVay | 71 | 111 | / |
| Matsouhai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Matshwayo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matshwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mazwayi | 67 | 1,244 | / |
| Motswai | 67 | 428 | / |
| Macwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Matsvayi
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