Matenjwa Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Matenjwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 710 | 1:76,307 | 9,487 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matenjwa Demographics
Average Matenjwa Salary in
South Africa
R 108,648
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matenjwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matenjwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matenjwa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matenjwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 460,168th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matenjwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 710 people, or 1 in 76,307. In South Africa Matenjwa is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 51 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Matenjwa Last Name Statistics demography
Matenjwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.28% less than the national average, earning R 108,648 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathenjwa | 94 | 23,731 | / |
| Mataenjwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mathetnjwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matthenjwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mmathenjwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mathenjwaz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Matinjwa | 88 | 222 | / |
| Matenywa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Motenjwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matenjua | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mateniwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mathinjwa | 82 | 282 | / |
| Mathenywa | 82 | 79 | / |
| Matheniwa | 82 | 62 | / |
| Mathemjwa | 82 | 12 | / |
| Mothenjwa | 82 | 11 | / |
| Mathenjwe | 82 | 5 | / |
| Mathenjwo | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mathenjua | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mathanjwa | 82 | 3 | / |
| Methenjwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mathonjwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matonywa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mateneba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mateneva | 75 | 3 | / |
| Matinywa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mateniba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matiniwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mathonywa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mathinjwe | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Matenjwa
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