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 is found most in Lesotho. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjelo? popularity and diffusion
Matjelo is the 940,398th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjelo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matjelo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The surname Matjelo is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 7,641. In Lesotho Matjelo is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 85 percent reside, Maseru District, where 6 percent reside and Berea District, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho Matjelo occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
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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