Matswalela Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

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

Matswalela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matswalela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2551:212,46222,434
England11:55,718,059489,080

Matswalela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matswalela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Matswalela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matswalela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 998,609th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matswalela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Matswalela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 212,462. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 72 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and North West, where 3 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.

Matswalela Last Name Statistics demography

Matswalela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.7% less than the national average, earning R 164,688 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 Matswalela
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