Matakwe Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

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

Matakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516

Matakwe (12) may also be a first name.

Matakwe Last Name Facts

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

Matakwe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Matakwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakwe are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matakwe is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 12 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 1,593,462. In South Africa it is most numerous in: North West, where 74 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and Limpopo, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent live.

Matakwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Matakwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.47% less than the national average, earning R 55,920 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 Matakwe
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