Matonyane Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matonyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matonyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Matonyane (41) may also be a first name.

Matonyane Last Name Facts

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

Matonyane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matonyane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matonyane is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name Matonyane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matonyane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matonyane is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 41 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 576,359. In South Africa Matonyane is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 80 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 26 percent reside and Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Matonyane Last Name Statistics demography

Matonyane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.12% less than the national average, earning R 116,160 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 Matonyane
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