Matebese Surname

147,887th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matebese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matebese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,9661:18,2662,304
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
England81:6,964,757184,742
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Matebese (127) may also be a first name.

Matebese Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matebese is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matebese? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matebese is the 147,887th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,435,677 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matebese reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 127 people.

Matebese is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,966 people, or 1 in 18,266. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 10 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Matebese Last Name Statistics demography

Matebese earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.42% less than the national average, earning R 167,724 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 Matebese
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