Matuwe Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1091:497,04340,551
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Matuwe (11) may also be a first name.

Matuwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matuwe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matuwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Matuwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matuwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matuwe is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Matuwe is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 497,043. In South Africa Matuwe is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 53 percent live, North West, where 43 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Beside South Africa Matuwe occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Matuwe Last Name Statistics demography

Matuwe earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.16% more than the national average, earning R 280,788 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matuwet92124/
Matuwej924/
Matouwe922/
Mathuwe921/
Matuswe921/
Maituwe921/
Matujwe921/
Matuhwe921/
Matuw912/
Mastuwet862/
Mathuwes861/
Matouwet861/
Mattuwet861/
Matuwech861/
Matowe831,375/
Matube831,232/
Matuwa83564/
Matiwe8378/
Matuwi8325/
Metuwe8316/
Mathuw839/
Mateuw836/
Matouw835/
Matuve832/
Matauw832/
Matthuwes800/
Mathuwa77506/
Mathube77403/
Metuiwe77192/
Matheuw7719/
Matuvei777/
Mathowe776/
Matteuw775/
Matuive774/
Matouwa773/
Mattube773/
Matoweh772/
Maituwa772/
Matauwa772/
Mathiwe772/
Matuvej772/
Matuuwa771/
Motouwe771/
Matowhe771/
Matihwe771/
Matiewe771/
Metouwe771/
Matuway771/
Mateuwa771/
Maithuw771/
Matoube771/
Motuw731/
Matouwai7158/
Maitouwa713/
Matouway711/
Mathujwa711/
Matauwoi711/
Maithube711/
Moutouwe711/
Mathowhe711/
Matuwich710/
Mative67386/
Motube67312/
Matuvi67235/
Matuva67183/
Metiwe67101/
Motuwa6750/
Matubi6719/
Maitouwai675/
Motowe674/
Motuwi673/
Maitouway671/
Matywa671/

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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 Matuwe
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