Matela Surname
Approximately 9,903 people bear this surname
Matela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 2,552 | 1:796 | 45 |
| South Africa | 1,695 | 1:31,963 | 4,093 |
| Philippines | 1,218 | 1:83,118 | 14,393 |
| Poland | 1,166 | 1:32,598 | 5,019 |
| DR Congo | 1,163 | 1:63,525 | 7,507 |
| Tanzania | 665 | 1:79,611 | 8,182 |
| United States | 347 | 1:1,044,550 | 76,531 |
| India | 267 | 1:2,872,904 | 87,446 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Zambia | 134 | 1:118,283 | 9,069 |
| Czechia | 131 | 1:81,172 | 13,612 |
| Finland | 99 | 1:55,522 | 6,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Algeria | 54 | 1:715,399 | 40,623 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Matela (2,254) may also be a first name.
Matela Demographics
Average Matela Salary in
United States
$42,933 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Matela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻞ, Hindi: मटेला, Marathi: मेतेला, Oriya: ମେତଲା, Russian: Матела) occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,732nd most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 735,893 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Matela live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 157,311th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 2,254 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is held by 2,552 people, or 1 in 796. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 36 percent live, Maseru District, where 22 percent live and Leribe District, where 15 percent live. Beside Lesotho it exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Matela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Matela surname are 9.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Matela earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.07% less than the national average, earning R 135,276 per year and in United States they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning $42,933 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻞ | mtl | - |
| Matela in the Hindi language | ||
| मटेला | matela | 97.27 |
| मतेला | matela | 1.82 |
| मातेला | matela | 0.91 |
| Matela in the Oriya language | ||
| ମେତଲା | metala | 85.71 |
| ମାେଟଲା | maetala | 14.29 |
| Matela in the Marathi language | ||
| मेतेला | metela | 40 |
| मातेला | matela | 40 |
| मटेला | matela | 20 |
| Matela in the Russian language | ||
| Матела | matela | - |
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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 Matela
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