Matheka Surname
Approximately 14,447 people bear this surname
Matheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14,168 | 1:3,259 | 500 |
| Lesotho | 106 | 1:19,175 | 4,034 |
| South Africa | 103 | 1:525,997 | 42,056 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Matheka (4,377) may also be a first name.
Matheka Demographics
Matheka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matheka is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matheka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,512th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 504,433 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matheka are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 104,344th most frequent first name in the world, held by 4,377 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 14,168 people, or 1 in 3,259. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Makueni County, where 32 percent live, Machakos County, where 32 percent live and Nairobi County, where 10 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Matheka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Matheka last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Matheka surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Matheka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.13% less than the national average, earning R 118,512 per year and in United States they earn 9.67% more than the national average, earning $47,323 USD 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 Matheka
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