Matambula Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Matambula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matambula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2261:326,90129,253
Tanzania1861:284,63222,243
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Matambula (70) may also be a first name.

Matambula Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matambula is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matambula? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 662,685th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matambula reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Matambula is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 70 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 41 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Matambula Last Name Statistics demography

Matambula earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning R 261,672 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 Matambula
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