Matlamela Surname

464,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 725 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matlamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matlamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6641:81,59310,068
Lesotho511:39,8546,821
United States101:36,245,893832,629

Matlamela (77) may also be a first name.

Matlamela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matlamela occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matlamela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matlamela is the 464,720th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,051,787 people. The last name Matlamela is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matlamela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 77 people.

The surname Matlamela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 81,593. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 58 percent reside, Gauteng, where 37 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Matlamela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Matlamela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.09% less than the national average, earning R 132,852 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD 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 Matlamela
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