Matandela Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

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

Matandela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matandela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7461:72,6249,058
England41:13,929,515290,718

Matandela (34) may also be a first name.

Matandela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matandela is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matandela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 452,572nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,716,728 people. The surname Matandela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matandela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matandela is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 34 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 746 people, or 1 in 72,624. In South Africa Matandela is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live.

Matandela Last Name Statistics demography

Matandela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.1% less than the national average, earning R 175,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathandela95273/
Matandala892,660/
Matandila89107/
Matandele896/
Mathandele845/
Mathondela841/
Matondila788/
Matondele781/
Matondolo67305/
Mathondolo6342/
Metondolo564/

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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 Matandela
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