Matafi Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Matafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 413 | 1:37,381 | 5,791 |
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Matafi (19) may also be a first name.
Matafi Demographics
Average Matafi Salary in
South Africa
R 198,480
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matafi occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matafi is the 539,451st most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Matafi reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matafi is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 19 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 413 people, or 1 in 37,381. In Zimbabwe Matafi is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 19 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Matafi Last Name Statistics demography
Matafi earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning R 198,480 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 Matafi
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