Matwale Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Matwale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matwale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1001:390,39324,666
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
India161:47,941,586492,263
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matwale (220) may also be a first name.

Matwale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matwale occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matwale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Matwale live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matwale is also the 608,246th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 220 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 390,393. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kamuli District, where 34 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 11 percent are found and Manafwa District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda Matwale exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathwale9347/
Matwalee9317/
Matwaale9312/
Mattwale931/
Matwal9235/
Matwaly86374/
Metwale86367/
Matwele86280/
Matwali86222/
Matwala86122/
Motwale867/
Madwale865/
Mathwal865/
Matuale861/
Maitwal861/
Matwally80130/
Metwaley80122/
Mathwala8052/
Metwalee809/
Madhwale808/
Metwalle804/
Mathwali803/
Methwale802/
Matwaali802/
Mautwall801/
Matwaala801/
Mathwile801/
Madwal77182/
Matual7796/
Metwalley75491/
Mathwaila752/
Mahadwale751/
Mottwaler750/
Metwaly7130,972/
Metwali712,972/
Madhwal71540/
Matuala71390/
Motwaly71283/
Matuali71178/
Madwala71107/
Matweli7152/
Motwali7117/
Madwali717/
Metwele715/
Matuele715/
Madvale715/
Motwala714/
Madwele713/
Mastual711/
Motwail711/
Matwely711/
Maitual711/
Matuhal711/
Mattweiler710/
Metwally6776,394/
Metwalli675,042/
Mettwaly67430/
Moutwali674/
Meadwele673/
Mothwala672/
Mathuali671/
Madhwala671/
Metwaily671/
Matuhali671/
Motwalla671/
Mattualy671/
Motwalli671/
Motwally671/
Motwhala671/
Mmatuele671/
Metwaliy671/
Mohtwele670/
Maidwall670/

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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 Matwale
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