Matwoi Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Matwoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 127 | 1:363,621 | 21,126 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matwoi (13) may also be a first name.
Matwoi Demographics
Matwoi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matwoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matwoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matwoi occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Matwoi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matwoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matwoi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Matwoi is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 363,621. In Kenya Matwoi is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 95 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 3 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Matwoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Matwoi surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Matwoi
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