Matembela Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Matembela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matembela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Uganda731:534,78529,774
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Matembela (146) may also be a first name.

Matembela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matembela has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matembela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 902,012th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matembela reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Matembela is also the 763,528th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 146 people.

The surname Matembela is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Matembela Last Name Statistics demography

Matembela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.34% less than the national average, earning R 194,064 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 Matembela
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