Matchieu Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Matchieu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matchieu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon301:692,30250,404
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Matchieu (101) may also be a first name.

Matchieu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matchieu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Matchieu is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matchieu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matchieu live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 101 people.

Matchieu is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Matchieu is primarily found in: West Region, where 57 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cuba, where 3 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Matchieu
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