Mataw Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Mataw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 243 | 1:2,274 | 306 |
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Mataw (53) may also be a first name.
Mataw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mataw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mataw is more commonly found in Suriname than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mataw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 885,573rd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Mataw reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 53 people.
This last name is most frequent in Suriname, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 2,274. Excluding Suriname this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.
Mataw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mataw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mataw surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Mataw
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