Matso'ele Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Matso'ele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matso'ele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matso'ele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matso'ele occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matso'ele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matso'ele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho Matso'ele is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 50 percent are found, Mafeteng District, where 42 percent are found and Maseru District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matsoele | 94 | 875 | / |
| Mats'oele | 89 | 475 | / |
| Mat'soele | 89 | 87 | / |
| Matshoele | 89 | 18 | / |
| Matsoe'le | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mats'oelee | 84 | 1 | / |
| Matšoele | 82 | 33 | / |
| Matsoeli | 82 | 28 | / |
| Mashoele | 82 | 19 | / |
| Motsoele | 82 | 13 | / |
| Matsóele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maisoele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Masoel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Motsoetle | 78 | 15 | / |
| Motsoeile | 78 | 7 | / |
| Matsohela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mots'oele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Masuoelle | 78 | 1 | / |
| Masoeli | 75 | 28 | / |
| Mosoele | 75 | 18 | / |
| Masaele | 75 | 10 | / |
| Motso'ehli | 74 | 3 | / |
| Motsoeli | 71 | 236 | / |
| Moshoele | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mashaele | 71 | 11 | / |
| Massoela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mashoeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masaelie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mosoeley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masael | 67 | 90 | / |
| Motsoehli | 67 | 40 | / |
| Mots'oeli | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mosoel | 67 | 7 | / |
| Motsohela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Motshoeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mazoel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mot'soeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matshaeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maschaele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motsoheli | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Matso'ele
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