Matjaka Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Matjaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Matjaka (38) may also be a first name.
Matjaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matjaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matjaka is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Matjaka live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 38 people.
The surname Matjaka is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 167,807. In Zimbabwe Matjaka is most common in: Matabeleland South Province, where 58 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live.
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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 Matjaka
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