Matwere Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Matwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 652 | 1:70,828 | 6,694 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matwere (168) may also be a first name.
Matwere Demographics
Matwere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matwere is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matwere? popularity and diffusion
Matwere is the 503,100th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwere live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matwere is also the 705,855th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 168 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 652 people, or 1 in 70,828. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nyamira County, where 62 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 15 percent reside and Kisii County, where 14 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Matwere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matwear | 86 | 144 | / |
| Matware | 86 | 11 | / |
| Matwire | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mattwer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Matweri | 86 | 1 | / |
| Matwera | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mathware | 80 | 112 | / |
| Matuer | 77 | 21 | / |
| Madwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maduere | 71 | 77 | / |
| Matwari | 71 | 62 | / |
| Metware | 71 | 53 | / |
| Matouer | 71 | 37 | / |
| Madwier | 71 | 5 | / |
| Matuire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motweri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matwira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mathuer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meituere | 67 | 175 | / |
| Maduereh | 67 | 76 | / |
| Madhware | 67 | 9 | / |
| Maitewir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moudwere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matoueri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matwairi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matwaira | 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 Matwere
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis