Matwaza Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Matwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matwaza is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Matwaza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matwaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwaza reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Matwaza is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 617,530. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 72 percent reside, Matabeleland South Province, where 24 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Matwaza
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