Matseli Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Matseli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
Matseli (107) may also be a first name.
Matseli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matseli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matseli is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Matseli click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matseli? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Matseli occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Matseli are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 107 people.
The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Matseli is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 33 percent live, Limpopo, where 33 percent live and North West, where 33 percent live. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Greece, where 40 percent live.
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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 Matseli
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