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

Matembela occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Matembela.

How Common Is The Last Name Matembela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matembela is the 902,012th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matembela live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matembela is also the 763,528th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 146 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

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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