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 carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matenjwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 460,168th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matenjwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 710 people, or 1 in 76,307. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 51 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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