Mathabela Surname

64,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Mathabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mathabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,6731:8,1191,036
Swaziland9091:1,428165
Lesotho1061:19,1754,034
Botswana771:28,4025,684
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mathabela (186) may also be a first name.

Mathabela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mathabela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mathabela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 64,258th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 935,861 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mathabela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mathabela is also the 667,122nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 186 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,673 people, or 1 in 8,119. In South Africa Mathabela is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 34 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent are found and Gauteng, where 23 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 12 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Mathabela Last Name Statistics demography

Mathabela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.63% less than the national average, earning R 195,732 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 Mathabela
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