Matekase Surname

855,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matekase Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matekase Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1761:11,5492,599
South Africa1431:378,86533,977

Matekase (30) may also be a first name.

Matekase Last Name Facts

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

Matekase is found most in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matekase? popularity and diffusion

It is the 855,216th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Matekase occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matekase live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matekase is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 30 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 11,549. In Lesotho Matekase is primarily concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 64 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 13 percent live and Maseru District, where 12 percent live. Barring Lesotho Matekase occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 45 percent live.

Matekase Last Name Statistics demography

Matekase earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.6% less than the national average, earning R 53,232 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 Matekase
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