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

The last name Matakwe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matakwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,979,664th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matakwe live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matakwe is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,593,462. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 74 percent are found, Gauteng, where 18 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Matakwe is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent are found.

Matakwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Matakwe surname is chiefly 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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