Matebele Surname

125,608th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matebele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matebele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,0821:26,0223,327
Zambia1,0901:14,5411,663
Botswana3141:6,9651,194
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Lesotho521:39,0886,754
England91:6,190,895170,599
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Matebele (377) may also be a first name.

Matebele Last Name Facts

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

Matebele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matebele.

How Common Is The Last Name Matebele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 125,608th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,011,467 people. It occurs mostly 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. Matebele is also the 446,783rd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 377 people.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,082 people, or 1 in 26,022. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 76 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent reside and Botswana, where 9 percent reside.

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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