Matowane Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

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

Matowane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matowane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3321:163,18618,270
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Matowane (63) may also be a first name.

Matowane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matowane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Matowane.

How Common Is The Last Name Matowane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 828,895th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matowane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matowane is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 63 people.

Matowane is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 163,186. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 36 percent live, North West, where 34 percent live and Gauteng, where 21 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Matowane Last Name Statistics demography

Matowane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.26% less than the national average, earning R 118,212 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 Matowane
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