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
The last name Matchabe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchabe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matchabe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and North West, where 33 percent live. Beside South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Mozambique, where 25 percent live.
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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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