Matamela Surname

120,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,820 people bear this surname

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

Matamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,8081:14,2271,793
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Matamela (2,674) may also be a first name.

Matamela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matamela is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matamela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 120,120th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,907,735 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matamela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matamela is also the 141,753rd most frequently used given name in the world, held by 2,674 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,808 people, or 1 in 14,227. In South Africa Matamela is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 69 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent reside. Beside South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Matamela Last Name Statistics demography

Matamela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.11% less than the national average, earning R 158,952 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 Matamela
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