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 last name Matsela (Russian: Мацела) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear as: Matšela or Matséla. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 299,542nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,738,225 people. Matsela is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Matsela reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 177,545th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 1,845 people.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 537 people, or 1 in 100,890. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and North West, where 20 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 38 percent live and Ukraine, where 10 percent live.
Matsela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Matsela surname is principally 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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