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

Matches is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 583,527^th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,570,849 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Matches live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matches is also the 787,636^th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 138 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 277,834. In South Africa Matches is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent are found, Free State, where 30 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 12 percent are found.

Matches Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Matches has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Matches surname rose 270 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Matches Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States Matches are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

The amount Matches earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27.32% less than the national average, earning R 172,704 per year; in United States they earn 40.73% more than the national average, earning $60,722 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.15% less than the national average, earning $43,646 CAD per year.