Matekenya Surname
Approximately 6,178 people bear this surname
Matekenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,215 | 1:5,325 | 750 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,320 | 1:6,654 | 734 |
| Zambia | 369 | 1:42,954 | 4,192 |
| Tanzania | 141 | 1:375,472 | 27,321 |
| South Africa | 121 | 1:447,750 | 37,883 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Matekenya (82) may also be a first name.
Matekenya Demographics
Average Matekenya Salary in
South Africa
R 59,136
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matekenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matekenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matekenya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matekenya? popularity and diffusion
Matekenya is the 79,026th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,179,596 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matekenya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most common first name throughout the world, held by 82 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,215 people, or 1 in 5,325. Besides Malawi Matekenya exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent reside and Zambia, where 6 percent reside.
Matekenya Last Name Statistics demography
Matekenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.12% less than the national average, earning R 59,136 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
- 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 Matekenya
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