Matcas Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Matcas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 421 | 1:8,459 | 1,393 |
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Matcaș (39) are calculated separately.
Matcas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matcas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matcas is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Matcaș. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matcas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,988th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Matcas are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Matcas is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 8,459. In Moldova it is mostly found in: Cahul District, where 81 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 6 percent live and Cantemir District, where 4 percent live. Not including Moldova it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
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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 Matcas
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