Matchete Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Matchete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 95 | 1:1,065,666 | 88,850 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Matchete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matchete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matchete occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. Matchete is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Matchete live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Matchete is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,065,666. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Mimaropa, where 24 percent live, Calabarzon, where 23 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines Matchete exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Matchete Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Matchete has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Matchete surname declined 50 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 Matchete
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