Matobo Surname
Approximately 1,581 people bear this surname
Matobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 537 | 1:3,785 | 702 |
| DR Congo | 499 | 1:148,055 | 15,508 |
| Zambia | 230 | 1:68,913 | 6,053 |
| South Africa | 129 | 1:419,982 | 36,405 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Matobo (221) may also be a first name.
Matobo Demographics
Average Matobo Salary in
South Africa
R 263,772
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matobo is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 250,767th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,609,453 people. The surname Matobo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matobo are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 606,684th most commonly held first name globally, held by 221 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 537 people, or 1 in 3,785. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 67 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 24 percent live and Berea District, where 3 percent live. Aside from Lesotho Matobo exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Zambia, where 15 percent live.
Matobo Last Name Statistics demography
Matobo earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11% more than the national average, earning R 263,772 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 Matobo
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