Matshipi Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matshipi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matshipi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1941:279,26727,511
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Matshipi (290) may also be a first name.

Matshipi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matshipi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matshipi is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matshipi.

How Common Is The Last Name Matshipi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,070,546th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matshipi live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 518,802nd most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 290 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 279,267. In South Africa Matshipi is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 70 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Botswana, where 7 percent reside.

Matshipi Last Name Statistics demography

Matshipi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.37% less than the national average, earning R 70,404 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 Matshipi
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