Matjoba Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Matjoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 31 | 1:65,566 | 9,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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
Matjoba is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Matjoba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matjoba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matjoba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name on earth, held by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 65,566. In Lesotho Matjoba is most prevalent 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. Excluding Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common 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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