Matwaye Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Matwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Matwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matwaye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matwaye? popularity and diffusion
Matwaye is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwaye are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Matwaye is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matway | 92 | 72 | / |
| Matwye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Matwaya | 86 | 305 | / |
| Matwayi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Matwaie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Matwaje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Madwaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meatway | 86 | 0 | / |
| Metway | 77 | 175 | / |
| Matwey | 77 | 104 | / |
| Madway | 77 | 43 | / |
| Matwai | 77 | 42 | / |
| Motway | 77 | 12 | / |
| Matwoy | 77 | 8 | / |
| Matweu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Matwei | 77 | 4 | / |
| Matuay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Matwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mathweiye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matwiej | 71 | 552 | / |
| Madwayi | 71 | 214 | / |
| Meadway | 71 | 205 | / |
| Matwajo | 71 | 168 | / |
| Madwaya | 71 | 103 | / |
| Mathwai | 71 | 102 | / |
| Motwayi | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mattwei | 71 | 11 | / |
| Madwaee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mathwaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Matwaha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matwaii | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metwahy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matuaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mastwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matwiyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matwiyah | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mathweis | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mattweid | 67 | 20 | / |
| Matweyou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Metwaiiy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mahthwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Methwayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matwajoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mathuiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacHtwey | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Matwaye
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