Matabata Surname

431,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 799 people bear this surname

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

Matabata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matabata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7961:68,0628,525
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Matabata Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matabata is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matabata? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 431,117th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,120,833 people. The last name Matabata occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matabata live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 796 people, or 1 in 68,062. In South Africa Matabata is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, Western Cape, where 14 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Matabata Last Name Statistics demography

Matabata earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.7% less than the national average, earning R 129,036 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 Matabata
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