Matchi Surname
Approximately 2,764 people bear this surname
Matchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,103 | 1:4,915 | 648 |
| Cameroon | 542 | 1:38,319 | 5,130 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matchi (1,124) may also be a first name.
Matchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matchi is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchi? popularity and diffusion
Matchi is the 158,120th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,636,594 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Matchi live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 237,715th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 1,124 people.
The last name Matchi is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 2,103 people, or 1 in 4,915. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 73 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 12 percent reside and Collines Department, where 10 percent reside. Besides Benin it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Matchi
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