Matshai Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Matshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 218 | 1:248,522 | 25,292 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Matshai (65) may also be a first name.
Matshai Demographics
Average Matshai Salary in
South Africa
R 126,852
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matshai is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matshai? popularity and diffusion
Matshai is the 956,400th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matshai live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matshai is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 65 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 248,522. In South Africa Matshai is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 55 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and Limpopo, where 8 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Lesotho, where 3 percent are found.
Matshai Last Name Statistics demography
Matshai earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning R 126,852 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 Matshai
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