Matenjwa Surname

460,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matenjwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matenjwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7101:76,3079,487
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
England61:9,286,343223,652
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

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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 Matenjwa
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