Matengu Surname
Approximately 5,146 people bear this surname
Matengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 3,125 | 1:771 | 89 |
| Zambia | 1,221 | 1:12,981 | 1,482 |
| Botswana | 320 | 1:6,834 | 1,161 |
| Zimbabwe | 283 | 1:54,552 | 8,269 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matengu (941) may also be a first name.
Matengu Demographics
Average Matengu Salary in
South Africa
R 63,432
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matengu is most common in Namibia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matengu.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 92,823rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,416,157 people. The last name Matengu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matengu are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matengu is also the 263,438th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 941 people.
The surname Matengu is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is borne by 3,125 people, or 1 in 771. In Namibia Matengu is most frequent in: Zambezi Region, where 59 percent reside, ǁKaras Region, where 9 percent reside and Kavango East Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Namibia it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent reside and Botswana, where 6 percent reside.
Matengu Last Name Statistics demography
Matengu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.31% less than the national average, earning R 63,432 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 Matengu
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