Matlopa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matlopa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matlopa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Matlopa Last Name Facts

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

Matlopa is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matlopa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matlopa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 67 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live and Limpopo, where 11 percent live.

Matlopa Last Name Statistics demography

Matlopa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.45% less than the national average, earning R 65,460 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 Matlopa
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