Matereke Surname

289,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matereke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matereke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2621:12,2331,626
England311:1,797,35772,927
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Matereke (108) may also be a first name.

Matereke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matereke is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matereke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 289,091st most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,495,887 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Matereke live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 108 people.

Matereke is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,262 people, or 1 in 12,233. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 35 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 19 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Matereke exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Matereke Last Name Statistics demography

Matereke earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.83% less than the national average, earning R 183,384 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 Matereke
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