Matsame Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Matsame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 146 | 1:142,254 | 15,835 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matsame (149) may also be a first name.
Matsame Demographics
Average Matsame Salary in
South Africa
R 113,580
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matsame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matsame is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Matsame.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,257,535th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsame live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 754,880th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 149 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 142,254. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 99 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found and North Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Matsame Last Name Statistics demography
Matsame earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning R 113,580 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 Matsame
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