Matlapeng Surname

104,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matlapeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matlapeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,2161:16,8462,118
Botswana1,0371:2,109214
Lesotho2061:9,8672,240
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Matlapeng (511) may also be a first name.

Matlapeng Last Name Facts

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

Matlapeng is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matlapeng? popularity and diffusion

Matlapeng is the 104,541st most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,623,785 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matlapeng live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 511 people.

The surname Matlapeng is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,216 people, or 1 in 16,846. In South Africa Matlapeng is most common in: North West, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and Limpopo, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 23 percent reside and Lesotho, where 5 percent reside.

Matlapeng Last Name Statistics demography

Matlapeng earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.48% less than the national average, earning R 188,976 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 Matlapeng
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