Matenja Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Matenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Matenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matenja is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Matenja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matenja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Matenja live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Matenja is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most common in: Free State, where 100 percent live. Outside of South Africa Matenja is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
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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 Matenja
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