Matefu Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matefu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania221:2,406,43748,353
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Matefu (38) may also be a first name.

Matefu Last Name Facts

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

Matefu is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matefu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matefu live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 38 people.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,406,437. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 41 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.

Matefu Last Name Statistics demography

Matefu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.79% less than the national average, earning R 52,776 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maetefou8611/
Maetefau867/
Matafu83493/
Matofu8324/
Matifu831/
Matafeu7712/
Matyofu774/
Mautofu774/
Mathafu771/
Mettefeu7114/
Moutefou714/
Mataffeu712/
Maetafau711/
Motofu6722/
Motafu671/
Matafù671/
Metifeu6241/
Metafeu6222/
Motafuy628/
Motofuy624/
Moutafou571/
Mothephu571/
Metafeuh571/

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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 Matefu
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