Matakane Surname

443,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 771 people bear this surname

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

Matakane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matakane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7661:70,7288,824
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Matakane (126) may also be a first name.

Matakane Last Name Facts

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

Matakane (Hindi: मटकाे) is found most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matakane.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matakane is the 443,157th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,452,070 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matakane is also the 829,183rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 126 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 766 people, or 1 in 70,728. In South Africa Matakane is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Free State, where 14 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.

Matakane Last Name Statistics demography

Matakane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.91% less than the national average, earning R 123,780 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Matakane Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matakane in the Hindi language
मटकाेmatakae50
मटकांेmatakame50

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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
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  • 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 Matakane
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