Matobela Surname

520,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matobela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matobela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3261:166,18918,559
Zimbabwe1611:95,89013,594
Zambia1321:120,0759,160
England21:27,859,030389,889
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Matobela (100) may also be a first name.

Matobela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matobela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matobela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matobela is the 520,629th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,660,073 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matobela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matobela is also the 946,056th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 100 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 166,189. In South Africa Matobela is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Zambia, where 21 percent live.

Matobela Last Name Statistics demography

Matobela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.91% less than the national average, earning R 178,440 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 Matobela
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