Maretele Surname

406,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Maretele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maretele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6051:89,55010,968
Botswana2431:9,0001,624
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maretele (114) may also be a first name.

Maretele Last Name Facts

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

Maretele is most common in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maretele.

How Common Is The Last Name Maretele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maretele is the 406,240th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,454,230 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maretele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 114 people.

The surname Maretele is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 605 people, or 1 in 89,550. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 45 percent are found, Free State, where 28 percent are found and Gauteng, where 19 percent are found. Barring South Africa Maretele is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 28 percent are found and Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.

Maretele Last Name Statistics demography

Maretele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.91% less than the national average, earning R 123,792 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 Maretele
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