Matoela Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Matoela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Matoela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matoela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matoela (Hindi: मतोेला) is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matoela? popularity and diffusion
Matoela is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Matoela live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho Matoela is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 100 percent reside. Barring Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matoela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matoela in the Hindi language | ||
| मतोेला | matoela | - |
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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 Matoela
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