Matjiwa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matjiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matjiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156

Matjiwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matjiwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matjiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Matjiwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matjiwa is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjiwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Matjiwa is mostly found in: North West, where 53 percent live and Gauteng, where 47 percent live.

Matjiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Matjiwa earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning R 241,332 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 Matjiwa
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