di Matteo Surname

32,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

di Matteo Surname User-submission:

This is a Napolitan surname. Matteis comes from the Biblica Matthew, which means 'gift of God'.

di Matteo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy13,9591:4,381457
Argentina8551:49,9924,225
France5041:131,79120,133
Belgium2171:52,9808,637
Uruguay2041:16,8221,888
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
Canada1481:248,95723,668
Brazil1161:1,845,46859,486
Australia791:341,71828,950
Switzerland731:112,50611,658
Venezuela671:450,8078,956
Spain491:954,12336,393
England481:1,160,79354,689
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Andorra11:83,8382,381

The alternate forms: di Mattéo (1) are calculated separately.

di Matteo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Napolitan surname. Matteis comes from the Biblica Matthew, which means 'gift of God'.

- luciedms

This surname means 'of Matthew'.

- mgalley

di Matteo Last Name Facts

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

di Matteo occurs in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: di Mattéo. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name di Matteo? popularity and diffusion

The surname di Matteo is the 32,040th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 437,953 people. The surname di Matteo occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of di Matteo are found; 84 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name is most common in Italy, where it is carried by 13,959 people, or 1 in 4,381. In Italy di Matteo is mostly concentrated in: Campania, where 35 percent live, Abruzzo, where 27 percent live and Sicily, where 9 percent live. Outside of Italy di Matteo occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 5 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

di Matteo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount di Matteo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 17.46% less than the national average, earning €24,786 per year; in United States they earn 72.51% more than the national average, earning $74,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.67% more than the national average, earning $56,973 CAD per year.

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