da Mata Surname

17,249^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 32,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Brazil

Highest density in:

São Tomé and Príncipe

da Mata Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'From the woods'.

da Mata Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Brazil	27,695	1:7,730	492
Angola	3,155	1:8,554	1,062
São Tomé and Príncipe	403	1:440	88
Portugal	293	1:35,557	2,167
Venezuela	179	1:168,738	4,973
South Africa	171	1:316,829	30,013
Cape Verde	49	1:10,809	385
Spain	26	1:1,798,155	50,469
France	22	1:3,019,215	204,848
Luxembourg	20	1:29,027	5,175
Canada	19	1:1,939,242	123,675
England	15	1:3,714,537	119,675
Jersey	10	1:9,920	2,003
United States	9	1:40,273,215	872,126
Northern Ireland	7	1:263,577	11,625
Argentina	7	1:6,106,202	178,634
Panama	7	1:558,894	9,437
Benin	6	1:1,722,600	61,769
Sweden	6	1:1,641,126	116,183
Mozambique	4	1:6,815,392	4,272
Switzerland	4	1:2,053,229	97,179
Germany	2	1:40,252,730	481,636
Italy	2	1:30,578,344	160,757
Belgium	1	1:11,496,644	167,539
Ukraine	1	1:45,522,696	503,646
Thailand	1	1:70,638,345	1,175,915
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Australia	1	1:26,995,701	270,794
Chile	1	1:17,616,474	93,597
Netherlands	1	1:16,887,176	156,465
Malaysia	1	1:29,494,225	409,885
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210

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da Mata Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'From the woods'.

- digomr

DNA test information

da Mata Demographics

Average Male da Mata Height

174.29^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 42 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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da Mata Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Mata Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

da Mata is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name da Mata? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 17,249^th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 226,871 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of da Mata live; 87 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname da Mata is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 27,695 people, or 1 in 7,730. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 20 percent live, São Paulo, where 19 percent live and Bahia, where 12 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 10 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 1 percent live.

da Mata Last Name Statistics ^demography

The amount da Mata earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144% more than the national average, earning R 579,828 per year and in Canada they earn 0.01% less than the national average, earning $49,676 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
da Matta	93	5,755	/
da Matha	93	440	/
da Matas	93	7	/
da Mauta	93	2	/
das Mata	93	1	/
das Matas	88	15	/
da Mattas	88	3	/
das Matta	88	1	/
das Maita	88	1	/
da Mota	86	44,470	/
de Mata	86	2,344	/
da Mato	86	6	/
Da-Mata	86	4	/
di Mata	86	1	/
das Mahata	82	48	/
das Mattas	82	4	/
das Maitay	82	1	/
da Motta	80	13,824	/
de Matta	80	464	/
de Matas	80	216	/
Da-Matha	80	121	/
da Mouta	80	35	/
de Matha	80	32	/
di Maita	80	25	/
da Matos	80	20	/
da Moita	80	11	/
das Mate	80	6	/
das Meta	80	6	/
de Matoa	80	4	/
de Maita	80	4	/
de Mauta	80	4	/
Da-Matta	80	4	/
de Matea	80	4	/
da Matto	80	3	/
di Matta	80	1	/
de Mayta	80	1	/
das Mota	80	1	/
da Moota	80	1	/
das Mahatha	78	1	/
das Maity	75	2,926	/
das Maiti	75	727	/
di Mattea	75	123	/
das Mohta	75	28	/
das Mahto	75	8	/
da Mattos	75	7	/
de Mattas	75	5	/
de Mautas	75	3	/
das Matiy	75	3	/
da Mahato	75	1	/
di Mattìa	75	1	/
da Mottas	75	1	/
da Moutta	75	1	/
da Mootta	75	1	/
de Mota	71	858	/
de Mato	71	328	/
das Mahato	71	310	/
do Mato	71	83	/
de Mate	71	35	/
Da-Mota	71	24	/
di Mota	71	8	/
do Mota	71	7	/
de Mati	71	6	/
da Moto	71	5	/
das Maitiy	71	3	/
de Meta	71	2	/
da Meto	71	2	/
da Mote	71	1	/
das Moitas	71	1	/
de Matos	67	140,465	/
di Motta	67	229	/
de Matti	67	127	/
de Matto	67	119	/
de Motta	67	116	/
de Mates	67	116	/
do Matto	67	62	/
de Maity	67	57	/
de Matis	67	56	/
di Matto	67	42	/
de Maiti	67	31	/
de Matte	67	29	/
da Mosto	67	24	/
di Matte	67	14	/
de Mouta	67	13	/
do Matos	67	9	/
de Matei	67	8	/
da Motha	67	6	/
di Matos	67	5	/
de Mateu	67	4	/
da Motto	67	3	/
do Motta	67	3	/
de Motas	67	3	/
de Matio	67	2	/
da Metto	67	2	/
de Matoz	67	2	/
de Mattè	67	2	/
dos Mota	67	1	/
de Mathe	67	1	/
de Matez	67	1	/
das Mahatoo	67	1	/
das Meto	67	1	/
di Matti	67	1	/
di Mehta	67	1	/
de Maite	67	1	/
de Matté	67	1	/
de Matíz	67	1	/
Da-Motta	67	1	/
de Matho	67	1	/
der Mota	67	1	/
de Motay	67	0	/

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