Matabel Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Matabel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matabel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matabel (21) may also be a first name.

Matabel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matabel occurs in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Matabel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matabel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Matabel reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth, held by 21 people.

Matabel is most common in Mozambique, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 757,266. Not including Mozambique this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathabel9343/
Matabelle881/
Matebel8613/
Matable866/
Metabel862/
Mathebel8011/
Mojtabel804/
Matebell802/
Mastabil801/
Mettabel801/
Mathobel801/
Matabill801/
Matobelle751/
Matawil7125/
Motobel711/
Metebel711/
Maytawil671/
Mautawil671/
Moteebyl531/

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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 Matabel
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