Matekele Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Matekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 674 | 1:78,548 | 8,091 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Matekele (466) may also be a first name.
Matekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matekele is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matekele.
How Common Is The Last Name Matekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 487,899th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name Matekele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matekele live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matekele is also the 394,651st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 466 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 78,548. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 57 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 24 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Matekele occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahatekele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matekela | 88 | 47 | / |
| Matekole | 88 | 26 | / |
| Matekale | 88 | 9 | / |
| Matakele | 88 | 5 | / |
| Matekelj | 88 | 1 | / |
| Motekele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matikele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mathekela | 82 | 106 | / |
| Matekelia | 82 | 9 | / |
| Matekalle | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mahatikele | 78 | 28 | / |
| Mahatakele | 78 | 16 | / |
| Matekali | 75 | 149 | / |
| Motokele | 75 | 70 | / |
| Matakale | 75 | 25 | / |
| Matikale | 75 | 23 | / |
| Matokole | 75 | 10 | / |
| Matekila | 75 | 4 | / |
| Matikela | 75 | 2 | / |
| Matikeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matakole | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motekela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matakilei | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mathokole | 71 | 5 | / |
| Metekheli | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maitakole | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matakhole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matakalle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matiquele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mothekeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maitakhole | 67 | 270 | / |
| Mattekalli | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mahatokale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattikalle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maticle | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Matekele
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