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
Matseshe is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matseshe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 444,536th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,488,992 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matseshe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 671,014th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 184 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 743 people, or 1 in 62,153. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 84 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya Matseshe exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Matseshe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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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