Mathew Forename
2,201st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 460,979 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nauru
Mathew Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 152,678 | 1:1,163 | 203 |
| India | 97% | 64,571 | 1:18,815 | 2,684 |
| United States | 100% | 53,334 | 1:6,797 | 859 |
| Kenya | 100% | 32,055 | 1:1,445 | 282 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23,192 | 1:2,276 | 434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 21,434 | 1:380 | 32 |
| England | 100% | 17,357 | 1:3,203 | 439 |
| Uganda | 99% | 13,421 | 1:3,052 | 404 |
| Australia | - | 8,159 | 1:1,674 | 327 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 7,177 | 1:2,149 | 396 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 6,712 | 1:1,721 | 332 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,461 | 1:4,177 | 553 |
| Zambia | - | 6,277 | 1:2,526 | 440 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,553 | 1:6,808 | 990 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,792 | 1:6,914 | 954 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,240 | 1:7,182 | 832 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,889 | 1:18,876 | 2,676 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,822 | 1:7,658 | 1,014 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,407 | 1:1,286 | 279 |
| Philippines | 100% | 1,811 | 1:58,536 | 4,035 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,561 | 1:2,906 | 505 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,404 | 1:414 | 78 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,324 | 1:5,402 | 640 |
| Namibia | - | 1,293 | 1:1,859 | 371 |
| Oman | - | 1,098 | 1:3,742 | 522 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Ireland | 100% | 792 | 1:5,863 | 538 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Liberia | 99% | 697 | 1:6,330 | 698 |
| Malawi | 100% | 592 | 1:28,906 | 2,310 |
| Qatar | 100% | 590 | 1:4,016 | 616 |
| Scotland | 100% | 574 | 1:9,321 | 671 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Kuwait | - | 532 | 1:7,115 | 885 |
| Thailand | 100% | 470 | 1:149,076 | 10,937 |
| Samoa | - | 456 | 1:428 | 122 |
| Bahrain | - | 281 | 1:4,800 | 775 |
| Egypt | 100% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 166 | 1:8,201 | 1,273 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Germany | 100% | 144 | 1:671,374 | 6,243 |
| Singapore | 100% | 121 | 1:51,959 | 6,722 |
| Brazil | 100% | 114 | 1:1,879,265 | 40,437 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Jamaica | - | 89 | 1:32,396 | 2,175 |
| Japan | - | 88 | 1:1,454,387 | 17,437 |
| Hong Kong | - | 83 | 1:93,406 | 2,776 |
| Austria | 100% | 80 | 1:106,428 | 2,173 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 80 | 1:211,276 | 7,784 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 74 | 1:2,626,455 | 32,334 |
| Brunei | - | 64 | 1:6,556 | 628 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 56 | 1:3,175 | 576 |
| Indonesia | - | 54 | 1:4,777,105 | 191,615 |
| Spain | 100% | 52 | 1:894,807 | 8,299 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 51 | 1:161,049 | 4,126 |
| American Samoa | - | 49 | 1:1,140 | 146 |
| France | 100% | 48 | 1:1,384,799 | 9,425 |
| Sweden | 100% | 48 | 1:205,373 | 7,085 |
| China | - | 46 | 1:29,696,865 | 61,011 |
| Belgium | 100% | 45 | 1:255,334 | 5,575 |
| Micronesia | - | 39 | 1:2,731 | 372 |
| Nauru | 100% | 34 | 1:351 | 38 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Ecuador | - | 29 | 1:611,273 | 5,978 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27 | 1:4,597,942 | 19,118 |
| Norway | 100% | 26 | 1:197,397 | 4,991 |
| Russia | 100% | 26 | 1:5,547,450 | 26,027 |
| Jersey | 100% | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Iceland | - | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Chile | 100% | 20 | 1:880,360 | 8,450 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:102,397 | 1,497 |
| Denmark | - | 17 | 1:332,323 | 6,094 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Argentina | 50% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Panama | 100% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Afghanistan | - | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Cook Islands | - | 10 | 1:1,815 | 293 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Czechia | 96% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Finland | 78% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Israel | 93% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Mathew (433,523) may also be a surname.
Mathew Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 8,736 (2014)
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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