Matjayi Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Matjayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 402 | 1:5,994 | 1,162 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Matjayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matjayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matjayi is found most in Namibia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matjayi is the 717,442nd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. Matjayi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjayi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Namibia, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 5,994. In Namibia Matjayi is primarily found in: Kavango East Region, where 96 percent reside, Hardap Region, where 1 percent reside and Kavango West Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Namibia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Matjayi
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