Matshiya Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Matshiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 549 | 1:98,684 | 11,981 |
| Zimbabwe | 148 | 1:104,312 | 14,575 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Matshiya (58) may also be a first name.
Matshiya Demographics
Average Matshiya Salary in
South Africa
R 91,764
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Matshiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matshiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matshiya is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matshiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 463,668th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matshiya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 58 people.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 98,684. In South Africa Matshiya is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 59 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Matshiya Last Name Statistics demography
Matshiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.38% less than the national average, earning R 91,764 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 Matshiya
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