Matomela Surname

111,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,169 people bear this surname

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

Matomela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matomela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,0301:13,4441,689
Botswana1161:18,8533,768
Lesotho151:135,50412,442
England51:11,143,612252,590
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matomela (58) may also be a first name.

Matomela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matomela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matomela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 111,404th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,748,032 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matomela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matomela is also the 1,295,729th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 58 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,030 people, or 1 in 13,444. In South Africa Matomela is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent reside, Western Cape, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.

Matomela Last Name Statistics demography

Matomela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.21% less than the national average, earning R 146,844 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 Matomela
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