Matwalane Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

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

Matwalane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matwalane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Matwalane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matwalane is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matwalane.

How Common Is The Last Name Matwalane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. Matwalane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matwalane live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa Matwalane is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 76 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 18 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Beside South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Matwalane Last Name Statistics demography

Matwalane earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.17% more than the national average, earning R 368,736 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 Matwalane
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