Matong Surname
Approximately 2,392 people bear this surname
Matong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,036 | 1:52,295 | 6,613 |
| India | 402 | 1:1,908,123 | 66,445 |
| Cameroon | 335 | 1:61,997 | 7,930 |
| Botswana | 182 | 1:12,016 | 2,280 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Philippines | 74 | 1:1,368,084 | 100,385 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Matong (1,398) may also be a first name.
Matong Demographics
Matong Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matong is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,541st most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,046,633 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Matong are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matong is also the 209,160th most common forename internationally, held by 1,398 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,036 people, or 1 in 52,295. In South Africa Matong is most common in: North West, where 56 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 21 percent are found and Gauteng, where 16 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Matong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Matong last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Matong earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.45% less than the national average, earning R 174,792 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 Matong
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