Mateketa Surname

406,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mateketa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mateketa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5231:32,7334,882
Zambia2521:62,8975,622
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638

Mateketa (10) may also be a first name.

Mateketa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mateketa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mateketa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 406,240th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,454,230 people. The surname Mateketa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mateketa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mateketa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 29 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.

Mateketa Last Name Statistics demography

Mateketa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.75% less than the national average, earning R 88,524 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 Mateketa
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