Matche Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Matche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 252 | 1:41,014 | 5,272 |
| Niger | 113 | 1:169,841 | 6,089 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Mätche (1) are calculated separately.
Matche (771) may also be a first name.
Matche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matche occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mätche. For other potential spellings of Matche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matche? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 579,404th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Matche reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 295,600th most widely held given name globally It is held by 771 people.
Matche is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 41,014. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 55 percent reside, Mono Department, where 19 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
Matche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Matche has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 138 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 Matche
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