Matuva Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Matuva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matuva (128) may also be a first name.
Matuva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matuva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matuva (Hindi: मतुवा) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matuva.
How Common Is The Last Name Matuva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matuva is the 1,257,535th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Matuva live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 128 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 349,848. In Kenya Matuva is mostly concentrated in: Makueni County, where 64 percent reside and Kitui County, where 36 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Matuva is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matuva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matuva in the Hindi language | ||
| मतुवा | matuva | 86.54 |
| मटुवा | matuva | 9.62 |
| मटूवा | matuva | 1.92 |
| मतूवा | matuva | 1.92 |
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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 Matuva
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