Matsela Surname
Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname
Matsela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 537 | 1:100,890 | 12,215 |
| Lesotho | 478 | 1:4,252 | 826 |
| Ukraine | 128 | 1:355,646 | 44,014 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Matšela (47) & Matséla (1) are calculated separately.
Matsela (1,845) may also be a first name.
Matsela Demographics
Matsela Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Matsela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matsela (Russian: Мацела) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Matšela or Matséla. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 299,542nd most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,738,225 people. The last name Matsela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Matsela are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matsela is also the 177,545th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,845 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 537 people, or 1 in 100,890. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and North West, where 20 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 38 percent live and Ukraine, where 10 percent live.
Matsela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
Matsela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.2% less than the national average, earning R 149,244 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matsela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matsela in the Russian language | ||
| Мацела | macela | - |
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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 Matsela
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