Mathenywa Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

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

Mathenywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mathenywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549

Mathenywa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mathenywa is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mathenywa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mathenywa is the 2,121,169th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Mathenywa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mathenywa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mathenywa is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Mathenywa is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 94 percent are found, North West, where 3 percent are found and Western Cape, where 3 percent are found.

Mathenywa Last Name Statistics demography

Mathenywa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.85% less than the national average, earning R 119,172 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 Mathenywa
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