Matontsi Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

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

Matontsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matontsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3671:147,62316,807
Congo101:498,91011,250
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Matontši (1) are calculated separately.

Matontsi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matontsi has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms: Matontši. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matontsi? popularity and diffusion

Matontsi is the 746,827th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matontsi live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Matontsi is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 147,623. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 3 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Matontsi Last Name Statistics demography

Matontsi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.59% less than the national average, earning R 117,408 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 Matontsi
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