Matyana Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

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

Matyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9611:56,3767,153
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matyana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matyana occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Matyana.

How Common Is The Last Name Matyana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matyana is the 366,000th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,398,524 people. The surname Matyana is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Matyana live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 961 people, or 1 in 56,376. In South Africa Matyana is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Matyana Last Name Statistics demography

Matyana earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.35% less than the national average, earning R 170,256 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 Matyana
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