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
Average Matheka Salary in
United States
$47,323 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Matheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matheka is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Matheka.
How Common Is The Last Name Matheka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,512th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 504,433 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matheka reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Matheka is also the 104,344th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 4,377 people.
The last name Matheka is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 14,168 people, or 1 in 3,259. In Kenya Matheka is primarily concentrated in: Makueni County, where 32 percent reside, Machakos County, where 32 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Matheka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Matheka last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Matheka surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political 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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