Matshe Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Matshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 774 | 1:69,997 | 8,734 |
| Zimbabwe | 140 | 1:110,273 | 15,175 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matshe (138) may also be a first name.
Matshe Demographics
Average Matshe Salary in
South Africa
R 206,040
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matshe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matshe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 381,197th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. The surname Matshe is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matshe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matshe is also the 787,636th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 138 people.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 69,997. In South Africa Matshe is most prevalent in: North West, where 61 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.
Matshe Last Name Statistics demography
Matshe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.3% less than the national average, earning R 206,040 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 Matshe
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