Matchy Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Matchy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Matchy (23) may also be a first name.
Matchy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matchy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matchy occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Matchy.
How Common Is The Last Name Matchy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Matchy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Matchy live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matchy is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 23 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Matchy is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Ghana, where 13 percent are found.
Matchy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Matchy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Matchy last name grew 200 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 Matchy
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