Matwiga Surname
Approximately 872 people bear this surname
Matwiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 865 | 1:61,204 | 6,568 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Matwiga (130) may also be a first name.
Matwiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matwiga is found most frequently in Tanzania. 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 Matwiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 402,505th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,357,277 people. Matwiga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwiga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 130 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 865 people, or 1 in 61,204. In Tanzania Matwiga is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 34 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 20 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Matwiga
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