Mathege Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Mathege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mathege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mathege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mathege is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mathege.
How Common Is The Last Name Mathege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mathege reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Mathege is primarily concentrated in: Nyandarua County, where 98 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Mathege
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