Matsimela Surname

106,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matsimela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsimela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,3441:12,4721,549
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England81:6,964,757184,742
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Matsimela (1,870) may also be a first name.

Matsimela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matsimela occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsimela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matsimela is the 106,813th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,666,106 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matsimela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 175,985th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 1,870 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 4,344 people, or 1 in 12,472. In South Africa Matsimela is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Matsimela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Matsimela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 24.36% less than the national average, earning R 179,748 per year and in United States they earn 15.02% less than the national average, earning $36,667 USD 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
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  • 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 Matsimela
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