Matejoa Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matejoa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matejoa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2001:270,88926,929
Lesotho351:58,0738,518

Matejoa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matejoa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matejoa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,061,269th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. The last name Matejoa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matejoa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Matejoa is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 270,889. In South Africa Matejoa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent reside, Western Cape, where 35 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 15 percent reside.

Matejoa Last Name Statistics demography

Matejoa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.19% less than the national average, earning R 66,096 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 Matejoa
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