Matenje Surname
Approximately 2,503 people bear this surname
Matenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,170 | 1:7,889 | 1,179 |
| Botswana | 138 | 1:15,847 | 3,103 |
| Zimbabwe | 75 | 1:205,843 | 23,645 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Matenje (62) may also be a first name.
Matenje Demographics
Average Matenje Salary in
South Africa
R 69,888
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matenje occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matenje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,927th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,911,525 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matenje are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matenje is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name in the world, held by 62 people.
The last name Matenje is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,170 people, or 1 in 7,889. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
Matenje Last Name Statistics demography
Matenje earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.59% less than the national average, earning R 69,888 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 Matenje
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