Matakata Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matakata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matakata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1581:342,89731,680
Botswana611:35,8517,015
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Matakata Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matakata is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakata? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matakata is the 1,108,016th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. Matakata is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakata reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 342,897. In South Africa Matakata is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 41 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 26 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Matakata Last Name Statistics demography

Matakata earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.88% less than the national average, earning R 185,652 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
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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 Matakata
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