Matlenya Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Matlenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 52 | 1:39,088 | 6,754 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
Matlenya (13) may also be a first name.
Matlenya Demographics
Average Matlenya Salary in
South Africa
R 63,792
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matlenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matlenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matlenya is most common in Lesotho. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matlenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matlenya is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matlenya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matlenya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The surname Matlenya is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 39,088. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 63 percent are found, Berea District, where 27 percent are found and Leribe District, where 10 percent are found. Barring Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent are found.
Matlenya Last Name Statistics demography
Matlenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.16% less than the national average, earning R 63,792 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 Matlenya
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