Matseshe Surname
Approximately 768 people bear this surname
Matseshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 743 | 1:62,153 | 6,053 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
Matseshe (184) may also be a first name.
Matseshe Demographics
Matseshe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Matseshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matseshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matseshe is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matseshe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matseshe is the 444,536th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,488,992 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matseshe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Matseshe is also the 671,014th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 184 people.
The surname Matseshe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 743 people, or 1 in 62,153. In Kenya Matseshe is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 84 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Matseshe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (89%) in Kenya.
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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 Matseshe
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