Matwai Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Matwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Matwai (30) may also be a first name.
Matwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matwai is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matwai is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Matwai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwai are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matwai is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 30 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 480,301. In Zambia Matwai is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 100 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 5 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
- 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 Matwai
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