Matchabe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Matchabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Matchabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matchabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matchabe occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchabe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matchabe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Matchabe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and North West, where 33 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Mozambique, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Matchabe
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