Matsomo Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Matsomo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsomo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Matsomo (29) may also be a first name.

Matsomo Last Name Facts

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

Matsomo is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsomo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Matsomo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsomo reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matsomo is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name in the world It is held by 29 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa Matsomo is mostly found in: Northern Cape, where 50 percent live, Free State, where 23 percent live and North West, where 20 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 25 percent live and Gabon, where 1 percent live.

Matsomo Last Name Statistics demography

Matsomo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.31% less than the national average, earning R 65,796 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 Matsomo
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