Matsemele Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matsemele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsemele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Matsemele (266) may also be a first name.

Matsemele Last Name Facts

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

Matsemele is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matsemele.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsemele? popularity and diffusion

Matsemele is the 2,530,696th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Matsemele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsemele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matsemele is also the 545,281st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 266 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 950,486. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 23 percent reside and Limpopo, where 21 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Matsemele Last Name Statistics demography

Matsemele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.26% less than the national average, earning R 68,304 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
  • 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 Matsemele
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