Matlakele Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matlakele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matlakele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1821:12,0162,280
South Africa751:722,36951,132

Matlakele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matlakele is carried by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Matlakele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matlakele? popularity and diffusion

Matlakele is the 996,001st most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matlakele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Matlakele is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 12,016. Outside of Botswana this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent live.

Matlakele Last Name Statistics demography

Matlakele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.03% less than the national average, earning R 125,880 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
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  • 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 Matlakele
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