Matepe Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

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

Matepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa781:694,58649,962
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Matepe (221) may also be a first name.

Matepe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matepe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matepe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matepe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Matepe reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matepe is also the 606,684th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 221 people.

The surname Matepe is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 694,586. In South Africa Matepe is primarily found in: North West, where 79 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.

Matepe Last Name Statistics demography

Matepe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.43% less than the national average, earning R 44,124 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mathepe92265/
Matephe922/
Mastepe922/
Matepfe921/
Matepey921/
Matep91230/
Mathephe86129/
Mateapeh861/
Matope8316,098/
Mateev833,048/
Motepe831,097/
Matepa831,088/
Mathep83136/
Matape83107/
Matipe8353/
Mateeb8352/
Matepi837/
Metepe836/
Mateph835/
Mattep831/
Mastep831/
Mathope771,230/
Matipei77599/
Maitipe77522/
Metepey77420/
Mathipe77382/
Matthep77223/
Mathape7779/
Mothepe7739/
Mathepa7730/
Mahatep7716/
Matepio7712/
Mhatape7710/
Matepai7710/
Maitape777/
Maithep776/
Mattepa774/
Mattepi774/
Matapei774/
Maitope773/
Motephe773/
Madtape772/
Metepie772/
Matepfa771/
Mateppa771/
Matepaa771/
Matepha771/
Matiepa771/
Matopeh771/
Motespe771/
Mostepe771/
Mot'epe771/
Metepei771/
Matapee771/
Mathype771/
Maiteeb771/
Matip732,959/
Matev732,199/
Mateb7355/
Motep731/
Mahathep71267/
Mautapea719/
Mahatape715/
Matheppa711/
Maitoppe711/
Matthape711/
Mothoepe711/
Mahahtep711/
Hmadteeb711/
Matoppey710/
Matiop676,423/
Matipa676,284/
Motepa67596/
Matapi67410/
Mathip67281/
Matopi67273/
Mathev67108/
Motipe6751/
Maitip6726/
Motope6725/
Matipi6721/
Mateipova678/
Mahataape677/
Mahteb675/
Mataip675/
Motape674/
Moteev673/
Metape673/
Matoip673/
Mattip673/
Metope673/
Mattev672/
Mateav672/
Matapy672/
Matiph671/
Motepp671/
Matapí671/
Maateb671/
Moteeb671/
Metepi671/
Motepi671/
Motepy671/
Mootep671/

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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 Matepe
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