Mathanya Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Mathanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mathanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Mathanya (22) may also be a first name.

Mathanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mathanya is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mathanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mathanya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 22 people.

Mathanya is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,203,949. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Mathanya Last Name Statistics demography

Mathanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.78% less than the national average, earning R 107,460 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 Mathanya
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