Matuwa Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Matuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 179 | 1:295,763 | 22,969 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
Matuwa (72) may also be a first name.
Matuwa Demographics
Average Matuwa Salary in
South Africa
R 112,332
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matuwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 562,135th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. The last name Matuwa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Matuwa live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matuwa is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 72 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 295,763. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 46 percent reside, Ruvuma Region, where 37 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 percent reside.
Matuwa Last Name Statistics demography
Matuwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.73% less than the national average, earning R 112,332 per year.
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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 Matuwa
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