Matooane Surname

368,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matooane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matooane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho7471:2,721419
South Africa2251:240,79024,675
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matooane (278) may also be a first name.

Matooane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matooane is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matooane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matooane is the 368,021st most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,451,478 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matooane reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 532,586th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 278 people.

The surname Matooane is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 747 people, or 1 in 2,721. In Lesotho Matooane is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 19 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 16 percent live and Quthing District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Lesotho it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 23 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Matooane Last Name Statistics demography

Matooane earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.33% more than the national average, earning R 366,756 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 Matooane
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