Mametja Surname

61,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mametja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mametja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8,1881:6,617852
England71:7,959,723202,100
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mametja (356) may also be a first name.

Mametja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mametja occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mametja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mametja is the 61,272nd most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 887,967 people. The last name Mametja is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mametja live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mametja is also the 461,707th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 356 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 8,188 people, or 1 in 6,617. In South Africa Mametja is most common in: Limpopo, where 62 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Mametja Last Name Statistics demography

Mametja earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.05% less than the national average, earning R 168,600 per year.

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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 Mametja
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