Matcheu Surname
Approximately 805 people bear this surname
Matcheu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 803 | 1:25,864 | 3,526 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Matcheu (16) may also be a first name.
Matcheu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matcheu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matcheu is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Matcheu.
How Common Is The Last Name Matcheu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 428,665th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,052,852 people. The last name Matcheu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matcheu live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matcheu is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 803 people, or 1 in 25,864. In Cameroon Matcheu is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 54 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 22 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Matcheu
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