Matsimane Surname

572,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matsimane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsimane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4771:113,58013,626
Lesotho721:28,2305,446
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Matsimane (39) may also be a first name.

Matsimane Last Name Facts

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

Matsimane is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsimane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 572,152nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsimane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matsimane is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 39 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 113,580. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 52 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and Limpopo, where 13 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Matsimane Last Name Statistics demography

Matsimane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.27% less than the national average, earning R 187,092 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 Matsimane
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