Matebele Surname
Approximately 3,623 people bear this surname
Matebele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,082 | 1:26,022 | 3,327 |
| Zambia | 1,090 | 1:14,541 | 1,663 |
| Botswana | 314 | 1:6,965 | 1,194 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Lesotho | 52 | 1:39,088 | 6,754 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matebele (377) may also be a first name.
Matebele Demographics
Average Matebele Salary in
South Africa
R 98,844
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matebele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matebele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matebele occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matebele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 125,608th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,011,467 people. The last name Matebele is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matebele are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 377 people.
The last name Matebele is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,082 people, or 1 in 26,022. In South Africa Matebele is mostly found in: North West, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Barring South Africa it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 30 percent live and Botswana, where 9 percent live.
Matebele Last Name Statistics demography
Matebele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.41% less than the national average, earning R 98,844 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 Matebele
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