Matjetje Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Matjetje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matjetje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia351:68,8407,364
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Matjetje Last Name Facts

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

Matjetje occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matjetje? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,274,477th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjetje live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 68,840. In Namibia Matjetje is most numerous in: Kavango East Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 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 Matjetje
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