Matavele Surname

10,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55,284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Matavele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matavele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique55,0011:49696
South Africa2701:200,65821,510
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matavele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matavele is found most in Mozambique. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matavele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,180th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 131,820 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matavele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mozambique, where it is carried by 55,001 people, or 1 in 496. Excluding Mozambique this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Matavele Last Name Statistics demography

Matavele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.08% less than the national average, earning R 142,404 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 Matavele
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