Matekane Surname

167,829th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matekane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matekane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1,4371:1,414125
South Africa1,1061:48,9856,224
Botswana221:99,40615,343
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Matekane (226) may also be a first name.

Matekane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matekane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Matekane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matekane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 167,829th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,829,016 people. The last name Matekane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matekane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 598,137th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 226 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 1,437 people, or 1 in 1,414. In Lesotho Matekane is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 38 percent are found, Leribe District, where 16 percent are found and Berea District, where 10 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 43 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

Matekane Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Matekane earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 43.04% less than the national average, earning R 135,360 per year and in United States they earn 47.95% less than the national average, earning $22,458 USD 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 Matekane
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