Matsembe Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Matsembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matsembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matsembe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsembe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,894,523rd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matsembe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Matsembe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa Matsembe is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 85 percent live, Western Cape, where 6 percent live and Limpopo, where 3 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Matsembe Last Name Statistics demography

Matsembe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.13% less than the national average, earning R 123,264 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 Matsembe
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