Matjoba Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matjoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matjoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho311:65,5669,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Matjoba (12) may also be a first name.

Matjoba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matjoba is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matjoba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjoba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matjoba is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 65,566. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 65 percent are found, Leribe District, where 19 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 16 percent are found. Barring Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Matjoba
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