Matseletsele Surname

494,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matseletsele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matseletsele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho4731:4,297840
South Africa1931:280,71327,626
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Matseletsele (15) may also be a first name.

Matseletsele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matseletsele is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matseletsele.

How Common Is The Last Name Matseletsele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 494,499th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,909,500 people. The surname Matseletsele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matseletsele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common given name worldwide, borne by 15 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 473 people, or 1 in 4,297. In Lesotho Matseletsele is most common in: Maseru District, where 41 percent live, Qacha's Nek District, where 16 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Lesotho this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Matseletsele Last Name Statistics demography

Matseletsele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.04% less than the national average, earning R 83,088 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motseletsele9277/
Matselatsele926/
Maselesele911,223/
Matsaletsale8327/
Masheleshele8321/
Moselesele82357/
Maselesela821/
Matshilitshili625/
Masetlesele611/
Mashilishili5048/

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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 Matseletsele
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