Matehau Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Matehau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | 117 | 1:2,400 | 486 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Matehau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matehau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matehau is held by more people in French Polynesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matehau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matehau is the 1,471,719th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Matehau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Matehau live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Polynesia.
The surname is most numerous in French Polynesia, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 2,400. Excluding French Polynesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 18 percent live and France, where 1 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 Matehau
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