Matewana Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Matewana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matewana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Matewana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matewana occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matewana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matewana is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matewana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Matewana is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 78 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent reside.

Matewana Last Name Statistics demography

Matewana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.32% less than the national average, earning R 103,812 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 Matewana
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