Matanzima Surname

231,788th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,743 people bear this surname

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

Matanzima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matanzima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6971:31,9264,090
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Matanzima (745) may also be a first name.

Matanzima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matanzima is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matanzima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matanzima is the 231,788th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,181,036 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matanzima are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matanzima is also the 301,287th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 745 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,697 people, or 1 in 31,926. In South Africa Matanzima is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Western Cape, where 12 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Matanzima Last Name Statistics demography

Matanzima earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning R 181,752 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 Matanzima
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