Mathenjwa Surname

22,870th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,731 people bear this surname

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

Mathenjwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mathenjwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa23,5671:2,299288
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mathenjwa (61) may also be a first name.

Mathenjwa Last Name Facts

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

Mathenjwa occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mathenjwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mathenjwa is the 22,870th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 307,090 people. The surname Mathenjwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mathenjwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 61 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 23,567 people, or 1 in 2,299. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 11 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Mathenjwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mathenjwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.97% less than the national average, earning R 152,160 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
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  • 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 Mathenjwa
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