Matshaya Surname
Approximately 4,845 people bear this surname
Matshaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,686 | 1:11,562 | 1,439 |
| Zimbabwe | 103 | 1:149,886 | 19,081 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matshaya (261) may also be a first name.
Matshaya Demographics
Average Matshaya Salary in
South Africa
R 179,244
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matshaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matshaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matshaya has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Matshaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Matshaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 97,908th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,504,137 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matshaya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matshaya is also the 550,922nd most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 261 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 4,686 people, or 1 in 11,562. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Matshaya Last Name Statistics demography
Matshaya earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.57% less than the national average, earning R 179,244 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 Matshaya
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