Matyanga Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matyanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matyanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1451:106,47114,772
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Matyanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matyanga is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matyanga? popularity and diffusion

Matyanga is the 1,315,412th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matyanga live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 106,471. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 52 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe Matyanga occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and England, where 1 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 Matyanga
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