Matshala Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Matshala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
Matshala (11) may also be a first name.
Matshala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matshala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matshala has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matshala.
How Common Is The Last Name Matshala? popularity and diffusion
Matshala is the 3,602,217th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Matshala is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matshala reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Matshala is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 30 percent reside.
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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 Matshala
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