Matsekete Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matsekete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsekete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2881:53,6058,125
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
England11:55,718,059489,080

Matsekete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matsekete occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsekete? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 868,551st most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matsekete reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Matsekete is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 53,605. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 69 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe Matsekete occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Matsekete Last Name Statistics demography

Matsekete earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 695.5% more than the national average, earning R 1,890,410 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 Matsekete
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