Maretela Surname

486,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 682 people bear this surname

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

Maretela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maretela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6651:81,47010,051
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Maretela (14) may also be a first name.

Maretela Last Name Facts

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

Maretela is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maretela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maretela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 486,864th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. The surname Maretela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maretela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 665 people, or 1 in 81,470. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 56 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 19 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent reside.

Maretela Last Name Statistics demography

Maretela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.69% less than the national average, earning R 169,452 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 Maretela
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