Matewes Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Matewes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matewes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Matewes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matewes is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matewes.

How Common Is The Last Name Matewes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matewes reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Matewes is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Matewes is primarily concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 83 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Aside from South Africa Matewes is found in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.

Matewes Last Name Statistics demography

Matewes earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.99% less than the national average, earning R 149,724 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 Matewes
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