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 most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matseshe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 444,536th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,488,992 people. The last name Matseshe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matseshe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 671,014th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 184 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 743 people, or 1 in 62,153. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 84 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya Matseshe occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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 Matseshe surname is predominantly 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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