Matjelo Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Matjelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 266 | 1:7,641 | 1,672 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
Matjelo (16) may also be a first name.
Matjelo Demographics
Average Matjelo Salary in
South Africa
R 153,576
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matjelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matjelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matjelo occurs most in Lesotho. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjelo? popularity and diffusion
Matjelo is the 940,398th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjelo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matjelo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 7,641. In Lesotho Matjelo is most numerous in: Butha-Buthe District, where 85 percent live, Maseru District, where 6 percent live and Berea District, where 5 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live.
Matjelo Last Name Statistics demography
Matjelo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.37% less than the national average, earning R 153,576 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 Matjelo
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